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ZusammenfassungVersorgungsforschung in der Onkologie beschäftigt sich mit allen Situationen, in denen Menschen mit Krebs konfrontiert sind. Sie betrachtet die verschiedenen Phasen der Versorgung, also Prävention/Früherkennung, Prähabilitation, Diagnostik, Therapie, Rehabilitation und Palliativversorgung ebenso wie die verschiedenen Akteure, darunter die Betroffenen, die Versorgenden und die Selbsthilfe. Sie befasst sich mit Gesunden (z. B. im Rahmen von Prävention/ Früherkennung), Patientin-nen und Patienten und Krebs-Überlebenden. Aus den Besonderheiten von Krebserkrankungen und den etablierten Versorgungsstrukturen ergeben sich eine Reihe von inhaltlichen Spezifika für die Versorgungsforschung in der Onkologie im Vergleich zur allgemeinen Versorgungsforschung bei im Wesentlichen identischem Methodenkanon. Dieses Memorandum beschreibt den Gegenstand, illustriert die Versorgungsstrukturen und benennt Themenfelder der Versorgungsforschung in der Onkologie. Dieses Memorandum ist eine Ausarbeitung der Fachgruppe Onkologie des Deutschen Netzwerks Versorgungsforschung e. V. und Ergebnis intensiver Diskussionen.

BACKGROUND: The annual incidence of new cancer cases has been increasing worldwide for many years, and is likely to continue to rise. In Germany, the number of new cancer cases is expected to increase by 20% until 2030. Half of all cancer patients experience significant emotional and psychosocial distress along the continuum of their disease, treatment, and aftercare, and also as long-term survivors. Consequently, in many countries, psycho-oncological programs have been developed to address this added burden at both the individual and population level. These programs promote the active engagement of patients in their cancer therapy, aftercare and survivorship planning and aim to improve the patients' quality of life. In Germany, the "new form of care isPO" ("nFC-isPO"; integrated, cross-sectoral psycho-oncology/integrierte, sektorenübergreifende Psycho-Onkologie) is currently being developed, implemented and evaluated. This approach strives to accomplish the goals devised in the National Cancer Plan by providing psycho-oncological care to all cancer patients according to their individual healthcare needs. The term "new form of care" is defined by the Innovation Fund (IF) of Germany's Federal Joint Committee as "a structured and legally binding cooperation between different professional groups and/or institutions in medical and non-medical care". The nFC-isPO is part of the isPO project funded by the IF. It is implemented in four local cancer centres and is currently undergoing a continuous quality improvement process. As part of the isPO project the nFC-isPO is being evaluated by an independent institution: the Institute for Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), University of Cologne, Germany. The four-year isPO project was selected by the IF to be eligible for funding because it meets the requirements of the federal government's National Cancer Plan (NCP), in particular, the "further development of the oncological care structures and quality assurance" in the ...