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Chapron P, Petit M, Huon JF, Nizet P. [Implementation of pharmaceutical consultations in digestive oncology in a teaching hospital: one-year outcomes]. Bull Cancer 2024; 111:363-370. [PMID: 38438283 DOI: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2024.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The announcement of a cancer diagnosis is traumatic for the patient. In France, an announcement system has been in place, providing medical time for announcement and treatment proposal, nursing time for support, without including the pharmacist. In order to improve management of patients treated with intravenous anticancer drugs, we set up introductory pharmaceutical consultations in digestive oncology. The aims were to assess the situation one year after the introduction of these consultations, and to assess their contribution. METHODS When a patient was diagnosed with digestive cancer and receiving intravenous treatment, a pharmaceutical initiation consultation was scheduled. Indicators of activity (number of consultations, average duration, average preparation time and various delays) and results (number and type of pharmaceutical interventions, patient satisfaction) were collected in order to assess activity. RESULTS Forty-seven pharmaceutical initiation consultations were carried out. The average duration of the consultations was 39.3minutes. Consultations were carried out on average 12.1 days after the medical consultation and 9.6 days before the first chemotherapy treatment. Twenty-nine patients responded to the satisfaction questionnaire. All were satisfied, and the majority of patients said they had improved their knowledge of cancer treatment. DISCUSSION This activity enables us to review with patients essential aspects of their care, such as implanting an implantable chamber catheter, anti-cancer treatment and managing potential side effects and improve their self-care skills.
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- Pierre Chapron
- Pharmacie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes université, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Pharmacie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes université, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Pharmacie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes université, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Pharmacie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes université, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France.
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Lapeyre-Prost A, Perkins G, Vallee M, Pozet A, Tougeron D, Maillet M, Locher C, Dreanic J, Legoux JL, Lièvre A, Lecaille C, Sabate JM, Mary F, Bonnetain F, Jaulmes-Bouillot H, Behal F, Landi B, Taieb J. Chemotherapy use in end-of-life digestive cancer patients: a retrospective AGEO observational study. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2021; 45:101709. [PMID: 33930588 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2021.101709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The use of chemotherapy (CT) near the end-of-life (EOL) is an important issue in oncology since it could degrade quality of life. CT near EOL is still poorly studied, with no dedicated study in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients. AIM To analyze in GI cancer patients the factors associated with the use of CT within 3- and 1-month before patients' death. METHODS AND PARTICIPANTS All consecutive patients who died from a GI cancer in 10 French tertiary care hospitals during 2014 were included in this retrospective study. Clinical, demographical and biological data were collected and compared between patients receiving or not CT within 3- and 1-month before death. Variables associated with overall survival (OS) was also determined using of univariate and multivariate analyses with a Cox model. RESULTS Four hundred and thirty-seven patients with a metastatic GI cancer were included in this study. Among them, 293 pts (67.0%) received CT within 3-months before death, and 121 pts (27.7%) received CT within 1-month before death. Patients receiving CT within 3-months before death were significantly younger (median age: 65.5 vs 72.8 years, p < 0.0001), with a better PS (PS 0 or 1: 53.9 vs 29.3%, p < 0.0001) and a higher albumin level (median: 32.8 vs 31.0 g/L, p = 0.048). Similar results were found for CT within 1 month before death. Palliative care team intervention was less frequent in patients who received CT in their last month of life (39.7% vs 51.3%, p = 0.02). In multivariate analysis, median OS from diagnosis was shorter in the group receiving CT within 1-month before death (HR = 0.59; 95% CI [0.48-0.74]). CONCLUSION In GI-cancer patients, CT is administered within 3- and 1-month before death, in two and one third of patients, respectively. Patients receiving CT within 1-month before death, had more aggressive disease with poor OS. Palliative care team intervention was associated with less administration of CT in the last month of life. These results highlight the need to better anticipate the time to stop CT treatment in the end-of-life and the importance of an active collaboration between oncology and palliative care teams.
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- Alexandra Lapeyre-Prost
- Université de Paris, Department of Gastroenterology and GI Oncology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Department of Gastroenterology and GI Oncology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Oncology Department, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France
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- Methodology and Quality of Life in Oncology Unit, INSERM U1098, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France
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- Gastroenterology Department, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, St-Louis Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Meaux, Meaux, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Regional, Orléans, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Curie, Hôpital René Huguenin, Saint-Cloud, France; Department of Gastroenterology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes 1 University, Rennes, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Louis Mourier Hospital, AP-HP, Colombes, France
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- Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Bobigny, France
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- Methodology and Quality of Life in Oncology Unit, INSERM U1098, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France
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- Palliative Care Unit, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Department of Gastroenterology and GI Oncology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Department of Gastroenterology and GI Oncology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
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Brito M, Laranjo A, Sabino J, Oliveira C, Mocanu I, Fonseca J. Digestive Oncology in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era. GE Port J Gastroenterol 2021; 579:1-8. [PMID: 34192128 PMCID: PMC8091913 DOI: 10.1159/000514784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Introduction Since the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been widespread concern regarding the possible delay in the diagnosis/treatment of cancer patients. We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of patients with digestive cancer. Methods This was a retrospective study including patients with an inaugural digestive cancer diagnosis discussed for the first time at our center during the weekly digestive oncology reunion (DOR) meeting. The study group was enlisted from March to August 2020, and a control group was sourced from the equivalent period of 2018. Patients with a previous digestive cancer diagnosis/discussion in the DOR were excluded. The following data were collected: demographics, referral origin, tumor staging, first DOR discussion timing, treatment, and outcome. Results A total of 235 patients were included: 107 in the study group (65.4% male, mean age 71.59 years); 128 in the control group (54.7% male, mean age 68.16 years). The mean number of clinical discussions per week was higher in 2018 (13.65 vs. 10.67, p = 0.040), without a difference in the mean number of patients discussed for the first time (inaugural diagnosis) between groups (p = 0.670). In the 2020 study group, more patients were referred to DOR from the emergency room (ER), fewer from the outpatient clinic/hospital wards (p < 0.001), and more were referred after urgent surgery (p = 0.022). There was no difference in the mean waiting time from diagnosis to first DOR discussion (p = 0.087). Tumor staging in colorectal, gastric, and esophageal cancer was not significantly different between the groups (p = 0897, p = 0.168, and p = 0.717). More patients in the study group presented with stage IV pancreatic cancer (p = 0.043). There was no difference in the time span from DOR until the beginning of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (p = 0.680) or elective surgery (p = 0.198), or from surgery until adjuvant chemotherapy (p = 0.396). Also, there was no difference in 30-day mortality from the first DOR date between the groups (p = 0.742). Conclusion During the COVID-19 era there was a reduced number of clinical discussions in the DOR, but the number of debated patients with an inaugural digestive cancer diagnosis was similar. In the study group more patients were referred to DOR from the ER, and were referred after urgent surgery, suggesting a delayed demand for clinical attention. Study group patients were not significantly affected by the pandemic regarding timely DOR discussion, beginning of treatment, or 30-day mortality, reflecting the maintenance of the quality of care for digestive cancer patients.
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- Mariana Brito
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.,PaMNEC, Grupo de Patologia Médica, Nutrição e Exercício Clínico, CiiEM, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.,PaMNEC, Grupo de Patologia Médica, Nutrição e Exercício Clínico, CiiEM, Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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Krstic MN, Mijac DD, Popovic DD, Pavlovic Markovic A, Milosavljević T. General Aspects of Primary Cancer Prevention. Dig Dis 2019; 37:406-415. [PMID: 30783074 DOI: 10.1159/000497191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide next to cardiovascular diseases. Despite the advancement in screening, early diagnosis, and development in treatment technology in last several decades, cancer incidence overall, particularly that of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, is far from being controlled, and is expected to increase worldwide. SUMMARY Although numerous preclinical and population-based clinical studies have already made important progress in restraining the overall cancer incidence and mortality, the full potential of preventive strategy is still far from being realized, and remains at an early stage. There are several major challenges regarding this issue, and one of the crucial challenges is to maintain the balance between risks and benefits. As a result of past investments, primary prevention nowadays include the integration of various activities such as lifestyle changes to reduce risk, screening to detect early lesions, vaccines and preventive therapies aimed to actively interrupt the carcinogenic pathway. Long-term aspirin use seems to have the largest potential effect on the general population on cancer incidence and mortality overall, especially GI cancers. Helicobacter pylori eradication reduces the risk for gastric cancer and is advocated regardless of the symptoms and stage of disease. Metformin and statins are promising in cancer prevention in patients with type 2 diabetes. Vitamin D supplementation is promising in the prevention of colorectal adenoma recurrence. Key Message: However, additional studies are warranted to establish the potential of various agents and to identify more specific and highly targeted new agents for chemoprevention in digestive oncology.
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- Miodrag N Krstic
- Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Canter of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia,
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Canter of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Canter of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Canter of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Canter of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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