posted on 2023-05-26, 06:40authored byNADIA NAHAR KHAN
Pancreatic and oesophagogastric cancers have a poor prognosis and high symptom burden making supportive care critical. This thesis aimed to explore the uptake and quality of supportive care. Analysis of data across Victoria, Australia demonstrated that utilisation of supportive care services, including palliative care, following a pancreatic or oesophagogastric cancer diagnosis was generally low and varied according to socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. Interviews with people living with pancreatic and oesophagogastric cancers revealed that there was a desire for access to more timely, culturally-appropriate and high-quality multidisciplinary supportive care. Finally, a review of clinical trials available to people living with pancreatic cancer highlighted that there are very few trials investigating supportive care related interventions. Overall, the findings of this thesis indicate that there is significant opportunity to improve accessibility to and the quality of supportive care in pancreatic and oesophagogastric cancers.
History
Principal supervisor
Sue Evans
Additional supervisor 1
Liane Ioannou
Additional supervisor 2
John Zalcberg
Additional supervisor 3
Charles Pilgrim
Additional supervisor 4
Luc te Marvelde
Year of Award
2023
Department, School or Centre
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Additional Institution or Organisation
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine