Taking Care of Your Mental Health
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Mental Health and Pancreatic Cancer
Dr. William Breitbart provides tips for your mental health during pancreatic cancer treatment, and an explanation of who can provide help.
Vigilance in Pursuing Symptoms Leads to Early Diagnosis
Jay Buth was very persistent in pursuing the reason for his symptoms. That led to a diagnosis of early stage pancreatic cancer.
What You Should Know about Palliative Care and Pain Management
Dr. Milagros Silva outlines what a palliative care doctor does and explains pain management for cancer patients.
Where Caregivers Can Turn When they Need Support
Social worker Lauren Shaffer provides information about how and where caregivers for pancreatic cancer patients can get support and help for themselves.
A New Sidekick in Your Pancreatic Cancer Journey: Artificial Intelligence
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor patient Burt Rosen uses artificial intelligence to help him understand medical data, and to make him laugh.
All About End-of-Life Planning: Difficult Conversations
Do you know how to prepare for end-of-life? Do you want to make it easier on your family? Dr. Dawn Gross provides some planning guidelines.
The Rallying Remedy: The Value of Palliative Care
Palliative care expert Holly Prigerson explains the advantages of palliative care during treatment as well as part of an end-of-life plan.
Drafting Your Health Care Team
If you have pancreatic cancer, a treatment team of experts from across the medical profession will make sure you get the best care.
Top 10 Tips and Tricks for a Better Chemo Experience
How do you manage side effects and life on chemo? Oncology nurses have given us 10 practical tips on what to do.
COVID-19: What You Should Do Now
Learn what you should do to prevent the spread of COVID-19, especially if you have a weakened immune system from pancreatic cancer treatment.
Resources
Our extensive collection of web-based and other resources for patients, families, and caregivers provides easy access to information on a wide variety of subjects related to pancreatic cancer. The resources are reviewed and updated periodically to ensure they are current.
What Exactly Does an Oncology Pharmacist Do?
An oncology pharmacist plays an important role on a patient’s care team. Learn more from Dr. Tammy McClellan about what oncology pharmacists do.
Research Suggests Twitter as a Powerful Tool to Drive Awareness about Pancreatic Cancer
Research analysis of PancChat shows the power of the Twitter chat to raise awareness about pancreatic cancer.
Prognosis: More Than Numbers in Pancreatic Cancer
What is pancreatic cancer prognosis? Dr. Joshua Lakin of Harvard explains how prognosis works, and ways to possibly defy the odds when facing a slow recovery.
Traveling with Pancreatic Cancer
Drs. Sunil Hingorani and David Zhen outline the ways to make traveling with pancreatic cancer easier if you are in treatment.