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ea0089o2 | Other | NANETS2022

The Association Between Patient-Reported Symptom Burden and Urgent Healthcare Use in Patients Diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Tumors

Duncan, MD, MPH Katrina , Eskander, MD, ScM Antoine , Sutradhar, PhD Rinku , Noel, MD, PhD Christopher , Barabash, MSC Victoria , Coburn, MD, MPH Natalie , Law, MD, MPH Calvin , Singh, MD, MPH Simron , Myrehaug, MD Sten , Chan, MPH Wing , Hallet, MD, MSc Julie

Background: Patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have high burden of symptoms that persists over years after diagnosis. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are routinely screened for in oncology practice but seldomly used to trigger interventions. Further information about how PROs are linked to outcomes is necessary to improve their use for symptom management for NETs. We examined the association between PROs symptom burden and urgent healthcare use after NET diagnosis.</p...