Pancreatic Cancer Q&A

What does it mean to have stage IV cancer? Staging is a process by which we determine the extent of spread of a cancer. There are 4 stages: stage I is an early stage in which the disease is limited to the organ of origin: in stage IV the cancer spreads or metastasize away from…

The Best Way to Break the News

THE BEST WAY TO BREAK THE NEWS TO A PATIENT WHEN HE/SHE IS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. The best way is to give the news face-to-face in a quite comfortable environment without any distraction, including no phone calls and pagers Make the patient comfortable and show compassion, start by asking what is the patient’s understanding of…