Back to Search Start Over

Essential Package of Palliative Care for Women With Cervical Cancer: Responding to the Suffering of a Highly Vulnerable Population

Essential Package of Palliative Care for Women With Cervical Cancer: Responding to the Suffering of a Highly Vulnerable Population

Authors :
Eric L. Krakauer
Khadidjatou Kane
Xiaoxiao Kwete
Gauhar Afshan
Lisa Bazzett-Matabele
Danta Dona Ruthnie Bien-Aimé
Lawrence F. Borges
Sarah Byrne-Martelli
Stephen Connor
Raimundo Correa
C. R. Beena Devi
Mamadou Diop
Shekinah N. Elmore
Nahla Gafer
Annekathryn Goodman
Surbhi Grover
Annette Hasenburg
Kelly Irwin
Mihir Kamdar
Suresh Kumar
Quynh Xuan Nguyen Truong
Tom Randall
Maryam Rassouli
Cristiana Sessa
Dingle Spence
Ted Trimble
Cherian Varghese
Elena Fidarova
Source :
JCO Global Oncology, Vol , Iss 7, Pp 873-885 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2021.

Abstract

Women with cervical cancer, especially those with advanced disease, appear to experience suffering that is more prevalent, complex, and severe than that caused by other cancers and serious illnesses, and approximately 85% live in low- and middle-income countries where palliative care is rarely accessible. To respond to the highly prevalent and extreme suffering in this vulnerable population, we convened a group of experienced experts in all aspects of care for women with cervical cancer, and from countries of all income levels, to create an essential package of palliative care for cervical cancer (EPPCCC). The EPPCCC consists of a set of interventions, medicines, simple equipment, social supports, and human resources, and is designed to be safe and effective for preventing and relieving all types of suffering associated with cervical cancer. It includes only inexpensive and readily available medicines and equipment, and its use requires only basic training. Thus, the EPPCCC can and should be made accessible everywhere, including for the rural poor. We provide guidance for integrating the EPPCCC into gynecologic and oncologic care at all levels of health care systems, and into primary care, in countries of all income levels.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26878941
Volume :
7
Issue :
7
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
JCO Global Oncology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b4ac807c14ef448199be3ccfb96d875f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1200/GO.21.00026