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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2015

An explorative study of the views and experiences of food and weight loss in patients with operable pancreatic cancer perioperatively and following surgical intervention.

C Cooper, S T Burden, Alex Molassiotis

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Pilot study of an interdisciplinary supportive care planning intervention in pancreatic cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

C CooperSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
S T Burden
Alex Molassiotis
University of Manchester · GBHong Kong Polytechnic University · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMalnutrition and weight loss are highly prevalent in patients with pancreatic cancer. However, little is known about how patients experience such changes after completion of a surgery. The aim of this study was to explore the views and experiences about weight loss and food in patients with operable pancreatic cancer perioperatively and following surgical treatment.

methodsAn exploratory study underpinned by hermeneutic phenomenological philosophy was conducted. Thirteen post-surgery patients with pancreatic cancer were recruited from a National Health Service (NHS) Trust in the north of England. Sampling was purposive and data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interviews. Each interview was digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using NVivo 8.

resultsSix themes emerged from the data that represented the patients' views and experience of foods and weight loss after surgery: "struggling with weight loss", "being pressured to eat", "experiences with nutrition support therapy", "perception of the role of the dietitians", "lacking appropriate dietary instructions" and "road to recovery".

conclusionsThe study has found that sufficient dietary advice, appropriate nutrition support and patient self-management are significant factors that affect how people recover from surgery for pancreatic cancer. Further work is required to understand the nature and effect of weight loss in surgical patients with pancreatic cancer and the role of food in their weight management.

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Feeding BehaviorIllness BehaviorWeight LossAdultAgedAged, 80 and overEnglandFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPancreatic NeoplasmsSurvivors

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