Multidisciplinary supportive care in cancer: cost analysis.

Purpose: Enhanced supportive care (ESC) is the early implementation of supportive care in cancer. In England, this model is being developed to support patients with treatable but not curable cancer and implements a multiprofessional approach.

Objective: To describe the workforce and cost-effectiveness of an outpatient ESC service in a tertiary cancer centre in England.

Multi-professional-delivered enhanced supportive care improves quality of life for patients with incurable cancer.

Background:: Enhanced supportive care (ESC) promotes the earlier implementation of supportive care within cancer care. While earlier supportive care has been demonstrated to improve patient outcomes, the model of delivery is variable. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has developed a multi-professional delivered model with clinical nurse specialists providing ongoing patient review and care.

Incidence of malignancies in heart and/or lung transplant recipients: a single-institution experience.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and type of malignancies in heart and/or lung transplant recipients at a single institution in Victoria, Australia, and to compare these findings with the non-transplant general Victorian population.

Methods: Recipients of heart and/or lung transplants at the Alfred Hospital between February 1989 and January 2004 were cross-referenced with the Victorian Cancer Registry. The medical records of all patients with a cancer diagnosis by January 1, 2005 were reviewed.