Chemotherapy: Open Access
Open Access

Abstract

Professional Competence in Oncology: Challenges for Education

Edvane Birelo Lopes De Domenico, Mariangela Abate de Lara Soares, Cristiane Decat Bergerot and Ivan Torres Pisa

The oncology care is one of the most distinguished scenarios, considering cancer diagnosis plurality, treatment types, physical symptoms (from the treatment or the disease), and comorbidities, variety of socio-demographic and cultural profiles of patients and family, and also physical, material and technological resources. In this sense, the health professional that works in oncology has a daily challenges to ensure the quality of care and should be updated in these different aspects [1].