Palliative care in advanced pancreatic cancer

Muircroft, W; Currow, D

Palliative care in advanced pancreatic cancer

Muircroft, W Currow, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Cancer Forum, 2016, 40 (1), pp. 62 - 65
Issue Date:: 2016-03-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Muircroft, W	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Currow, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1988-1250	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Cancer Forum, 2016, 40 (1), pp. 62 - 65	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0311-306X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/105373
dc.description.abstract	The management of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer often requires a multi-disciplinary approach with individualised therapy. Addressing the underlying causes of several of the troublesome symptoms that are relatively unique to the pathophysiology of pancreatic cancer is crucial in order to optimise the function and comfort of people diagnosed with this poor prognosis cancer. Early recognition and response is likely to improve outcomes later in the course of the disease, but more work needs to be done to compare expectant and reactive approaches to the most troublesome symptoms in advanced pancreatic cancer. Given such a poor outlook, referral to a palliative care service that has an active, team-based approach that includes dietetics, gastroenterology, interventional pain expertise and liaison psychiatry is likely to deliver the best possible outcomes. Such programs need to be in centres with sufficient caseload to ensure that meaningful outcomes can be measured prospectively and these teams are also best placed to incorporate new knowledge and approaches as the evidence base continues to evolve.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Cancer Forum	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	en_US
dc.title	Palliative care in advanced pancreatic cancer	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	40	en_US
utslib.for	1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/IMPACCT
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	40	en_US

Abstract:

The management of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer often requires a multi-disciplinary approach with individualised therapy. Addressing the underlying causes of several of the troublesome symptoms that are relatively unique to the pathophysiology of pancreatic cancer is crucial in order to optimise the function and comfort of people diagnosed with this poor prognosis cancer. Early recognition and response is likely to improve outcomes later in the course of the disease, but more work needs to be done to compare expectant and reactive approaches to the most troublesome symptoms in advanced pancreatic cancer. Given such a poor outlook, referral to a palliative care service that has an active, team-based approach that includes dietetics, gastroenterology, interventional pain expertise and liaison psychiatry is likely to deliver the best possible outcomes. Such programs need to be in centres with sufficient caseload to ensure that meaningful outcomes can be measured prospectively and these teams are also best placed to incorporate new knowledge and approaches as the evidence base continues to evolve.

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