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This research aims to:

• investigate the experiences of scans and scanxiety for adults with mesothelioma, pancreatic, brain and liver cancer and the associated care and support needs.
• identify any interventions that can be developed to prevent or alleviate scanxiety.

The research is being undertaken by Caitlin Lusted at the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre for her Doctoral study. It is supported by funding from the (LASAG). 

The study will be made of 4 stages:

1. A systematic review to establish any existing experiences of scans and scanxiety for adults with mesothelioma, pancreatic, brain and liver cancer and also identify the gap in literature.
2. Online survey where questions will be asked to gain insights to the experiences of scans and scanxiety for patients with poor prognosis cancer.
3. Qualitative interviews with 40 cancer patients, 10 patients per cancer type. The purpose of the interviews will be to explore the experiences of scans and scanxiety in depth and identify associated care and support needs and what may help alleviate/ prevent scanxiety.
4. Stakeholder consultation focus groups with 10-12 with stakeholders using consensus methods to identify possible interventions that could be developed to prevent or alleviate scanxiety.

For more information about this study please contact Caitlin Lusted (clusted1@sheffield.ac.uk) or supervisors Professor Angela Tod (a.tod@sheffield.ac.uk), Dr Bethany Taylor (btaylor3@sheffield.ac.uk) and Dr Rachel King (rachel.king@sheffield.ac.uk).