Nina Grenon, RN, APRN, BC, nurse practitioner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the results of a study that looked at the effect of palliative care in patients with lung cancer.

In a study conducted years ago, newly diagnosed metastatic patients with lung cancer were randomized to receive standard of care or standard of care plus palliative care. The results of the study were powerful, Grenon says, demonstrating that those patients who received palliative care saw significant benefit. Patients who received palliative care saw survival and quality of life improvement and a decrease in cost of care.

Grenon says that such a study needs to be duplicated in other cancers.

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Nina Grenon, RN, APRN, BC, nurse practitioner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the results of a study that looked at the effect of palliative care in patients with lung cancer.


Nina Grenon Discusses the Impact of Early Palliative Care

Nina Grenon, RN, APRN, BC, nurse practitioner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the integration of palliative care in pancreatic cancer.

Patients with pancreatic cancer have many physical and psychological symptoms and often do not have long to live. Due to this, Grenon says, it is important to integrate palliative care early in the course of the disease so that patients can think about end of life, their living will, DNR, DNI, and advanced directives.

Symptoms associated with pancreatic cancer affect a patientâ€™s quality of life greatly, so it is important to ensure that he or she is comfortable. Additionally, many treatments that are available for pancreatic cancer are very toxic.

Nina Grenon, RN, APRN, BC

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Nina Grenon Discusses the Impact of Early Palliative Care

Nina Grenon on Early Palliative Care in Pancreatic Cancer