Abstract:
Cancers comprise a large family of diseases that involve abnormal cell growth with the potential
to invade or spread to other parts of the body. As the second leading cause of deaths globally in
recent time, this paper therefore examined the burden of cancer and patient coping mechanism.
Also, the study discusses the roles of counsellors and the implications of cancer burden and
treatment for counselling. As cancer treatment costs increase, prevention and early detection
efforts become more cost-effective, and potentially cost-saving. It was uncovered that the
economic burdens of cancer emerges in the area of health spending burden and cancer
vaccination or treatment costs on citizens and the government of nations globally. Many
treatment options for cancer exist. However, some of them including surgery, chemotherapy,
radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy and palliative care were discussed. Based
on the review, it was concluded that the economic burden of cancer on developing and developed
countries globally is rising and raising concerns among stakeholders. Professional counsellors,
practicing counsellors and counsellor educators all have roles to play through the provision of
information services to people. Also, orientation of patients about coping behaviours needed to
lessen the cost of treatment on patients is another key area that counsellors are needed. It was
suggested that counsellor educators, health educators and health practitioners, such as registered
nurses, doctors and consultants, should try as much as they can to provide people in rural and
semi-urban areas the knowledge of the various prevention and early detection techniques of
cancer. |
