It was a privilege to meet Professor Blase Polite (Deputy Section Chief for Clinical Operations and Executive Medical Director for Cancer Accountable Care, University of Chicago) at the ECCO 2019 European Cancer Summit in Brussels to discuss improving quality of cancer care and ensuring better equity of access to treatment.
Questions
1. In brief, what do you consider the current difficulties and challenges in ensuring the quality of cancer care? (0:10)
2. Are there still disparities in access to treatment in many populations and what are their causes? (1:12)
3. ECCO and other organisations have published guidelines for the improvement of quality cancer care; how are these affecting unequal access to treatment? (2:15)
4. What can healthcare professionals and medical organisations do to rectify inequalities in both cancer care quality and patients’ access to optimal treatment? (3:03)
5. Given current developments and ongoing initiatives, are you optimistic about the future quality of cancer care? (4:10)
Blase Polite has no conflicts of interest to declare in relation to this video.
Filmed in partnership with the European Cancer Organisation at the ECCO 2019 European Cancer Summit in Brussels, Belgium.
