INTRODUCTION
The estimated global incidence of cancer per 100,000 population in 2020 in Denmark is 350, Norway 325, Sweden 285, Finland 270, and Iceland 260.1 The four most commonly diagnosed cancers in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway are lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer.1 In 2020, these four cancer types accounted for almost half of all cancer diagnoses (175,925) in the Nordic European countries.1 These statistics exclude skin cancer, which, according to the Swedish National Cancer register, comes in third place after breast and prostate cancer. Basal cell cancer accounts yearly for more than breast and prostate cancer together with over 50,000 new cases versus 10,000 and 9,000 cases, respectively. Increasingly, more patients live with or survive cancer due to an early diagnosis and an improved quality of cancer treatment.2 In the Nordic European countries in 2010, the relative survival percentage of males and females in Sweden was 70% and 69%, in Finland 65% and 68%, Denmark 62% and 65%, and in Norway for either gender, 69%.2
The choice of anticancer treatment depends on the type and stage of cancer and patient-related factors.3 Anticancer treatments comprise surgery, radiation, transplantation, and systemic therapies or combinations of these treatments.3 Systemic treatment includes chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and hormonal therapy.3
Frequently cancer treatment-related cutaneous adverse events (cAEs) occur, which can be severe and bothersome to patients.4-10 Tactile exchange may be altered due to cAEs, impeding interpersonal and emotional life, severely affecting
The choice of anticancer treatment depends on the type and stage of cancer and patient-related factors.3 Anticancer treatments comprise surgery, radiation, transplantation, and systemic therapies or combinations of these treatments.3 Systemic treatment includes chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and hormonal therapy.3
Frequently cancer treatment-related cutaneous adverse events (cAEs) occur, which can be severe and bothersome to patients.4-10 Tactile exchange may be altered due to cAEs, impeding interpersonal and emotional life, severely affecting
