Assessment of Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

During the “golden” autumn and traditional “parade” of scientific forums in Kyiv, despite the current challenges caused by the ongoing military aggression, on October 3—4, 2024, at the initiative of R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of the NAS of Ukraine, the SI “S.P. Grigoriev Institute of Medical Radiology and Oncology” of the NAMS of Ukraine, and the PO “Ukrainian Society of Cancer Researchers”, a scientific and practical conference with international participation “Assessment of Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Covered in Experimental and Clinical Oncology Publications: Challenges and Opportunities” was held. In these extremely difficult times for our state and the world order as a whole, scientists, clinical oncologists, patients’ organizations, and leading experts in the fields of demography, legislation, economics, and law gathered with the hope of initiating the development of a joint model for reducing human suffering.