Needs Assessment of Cancer Patients With Complementary and Alternative Medicines

In order to put in place a policy on CAM based on the knowledge held by the patient and the health professionals, it is imperative to obtain and analyze the following information: why this type of medicine is used, what are its benefits, how does the patient get information and what are his sources, who practices them and how the patient perceives the place of the hospital and the various health professionals to develop and secure the use of CAM.

Our study will focus on CAM that can bring iatrogenic risk (phytotherapy, food supplements, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, essential oils), and the following techniques: hypnosis and sophrology.

The study is carried out in two successive phases: the interview phase which will make it possible to obtain results to carry out the questionnaires phase. Patients who will be included in the interview phase will not participate in the questionnaire phase. Finally, patients who participate in the questionnaire phase will not have semi-structured interviews. They will only have to answer the questionnaire.

Inclusion criteria

• Woman and man over 18
• Francophone (speaking and reading French)
• Patient followed for the management of cancer, hospitalized or not, receiving or having already received a treatment cancer administered orally and / or systemically.

Exclusion criteria

• Patient who has not been treated for cancer with anticancer treatment
• Support in a palliative care service
• Refusal to participate in the study
• Patient under tutorship or curatorship
• Patient deprived of liberty