Backgrounds: Caregivers are essential in the care of a patient with digestive cancer. Considering their experience and needs is crucial.
Objectives: To explore the experience of caregivers of patients with digestive cancer and to compare the perspectives of patients and caregivers.
Introduction: The Pronopall score, which distinguishes 3 prognostic groups in patients with advanced cancer, was initially proposed in 2008 and validated in a study published in 2018 but including patients between 2009 and 2010. Since the last decade, cancer management and therapeutic options have progressed. The objective of this study was to confirm the value of this score in patients with digestive and thoracic cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Non-drug treatments should be systematically associated to the medical analgesic treatment during the terminal phase of cancer.
Cases Presentation: Patient 1, a 23-year-old woman, presented an adenocarcinoma of the rectum, with liver and lung metastases. Pain was initially treated by oral morphine and a combination of pregabalin and amitriptyline.