Role of Empathy in Curative Treatment Outcomes of Non-metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

The aim of project EMPACOL will be to investigate, while taking into consideration the clinical factors known and well described in the literature, among the non-clinical factors, in particular, patient-healthcare personnel (HCP) relationship, a link between HCP’s empathy perceived by the patient, and the results of the curative treatment of non-metastatic colorectal cancer, throughout the patient’s care.