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| pancreas cancer information pathway |
| pathway version | pathway first published | pathway due for review | links last updated | full pdf version |
| 1.0 | 09 June 2009 | 09 June 2009 | 15 November 2011 |
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| PATHWAY STAGE | INFORMATION RESOURCES TO BE OFFERED TO PATIENTS |
| General Awareness Screening Signs & symptoms discovered GP visit | Lifestyle and Cancer – Reduce the Risks (Cancer Research UK (CRUK)) |
| Are You Worried About Cancer? (cancerbackup) | |
| NHS Direct card (NHS Direct) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) |
| Referred for tests and investigations | Urgent suspected cancer referral process (Local) |
| Local key contact - GP / secondary care (Local) | |
| NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) | |
| Ultrasound (Local) | |
| CT Scan (Local) |
| Diagnosis of Cancer | The Cancer Guide (Macmillan Cancer Support) |
| Cancer information and support services in YCN (YCN) | |
| NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) | |
| Individual treatment plan and key worker contact details (Local) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Local and national information for carers (Local) | |
| Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) (Local) | |
| Understanding Cancer of the Pancreas (cancerbackup) | |
| Nutritional advice from local dieticians (Local) | |
| Welfare provision and benefits advice (Local) | |
| Record of Consultation (Local) | |
| Upper GI Cancer Services (Local) | |
| Key worker and additional contact details (Local) |
| Referred for treatment including further investigations | NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Practical Information including transport, parking, travel, hospital infections, attending or being admitted to hospital (Local) | |
| Referral to Leeds Booklet (LTHT) | |
| What can I Claim? (Local) | |
| Procedures | ERCP and Biliary Stent (Local) |
| PTC (percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram) (Local) | |
| Having a Biliary Stent Inserted (Local) | |
| EUS (endoscopic ultrasound scan) (Local) | |
| PET Scan (Local) | |
| Change of Key Worker (Local) | |
| Curative surgery | Surgical Procedure - Whipple's (Local) |
| Diet after surgery to the pancreas (Local) | |
| Post Surgery Information (Local) | |
| Change of Key Worker (Local) | |
| Adjuvant Chemotherapy | Chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer (cancerbackup) |
| Trial specific information (Local) | |
| Fluorouracil (5FU) (cancerbackup) | |
| Fluorouracil (5FU) (Local) | |
| Palliative chemotherapy | Chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer (cancerbackup) |
| Trial specific information (Local) | |
| Fluorouracil (5FU) (cancerbackup) | |
| Fluorouracil (5FU) (Local) | |
| Gemcitabine (Gemzar®) (cancerbackup) | |
| Gemcitabine (Gemzar®) (Local) | |
| Capecitabine (Xeloda®) (cancerbackup) | |
| Capecitabine (Xeloda®) (Local) | |
| Palliative radiotherapy | Understanding Radiotherapy (cancerbackup) |
| Coming for Radiotherapy (LTHT) | |
| Skin Care and your Radiotherapy (LTHT) | |
| Trial specific information (Local) |
| Survivorship, Follow Up and Living With Cancer | How to access local services, key contact details, discharge / follow up (Local) |
| NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Local Pancreatic Support Group details (Local) | |
| Pancreatic Cancer UK (Pancreatic Cancer UK) | |
| Hello and How are you? (Macmillan Cancer Support) |
| Recurrence, Relapse and Advanced Disease | NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) |
| Individual treatment plan and key worker contact details (Local) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Benefits and welfare information local provision (Local) | |
| Referral to hospital benefits services (Local) | |
| Macmillan Benefits Helpline details (Macmillan Cancer Support) | |
| Help with the Cost of Cancer (Macmillan Cancer Support) | |
| Palliative Chemotherapy (Local) | |
| Coping with Advanced Cancer (cancerbackup) | |
| Practical Help in Advanced Cancer (cancerbackup) | |
| Emotional Support in Advanced Cancer (cancerbackup) |
| Palliative Care | NHS ‘Questions to Ask’ (Department of Health) |
| Local service provision (Local) | |
| Signpost to further local and national information services (Local) | |
| Change of Key Worker (Local) | |
| Community Macmillan Teams (Local) |
| End of Life | End of Life the Facts (Marie Curie Cancer Care) |
