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module menu icon The role of the pharmacy team

Before undertaking this module, you may have found it difficult to imagine having any conversations around pancreatic cancer in your pharmacy. Think about how this has now changed and how you can use what you have learnt to help with the early diagnosis of this often misdiagnosed cancer. Hopefully you are also now in a position to help customers who have already been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer to manage it better.

Make sure that you engage the whole team and encourage them to complete the pharmacy support team version of the module, available at: www.tmmagazine.co.uk/pancreatic-cancer

You and your team could also consider getting involved with Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month every November by setting up stands in the pharmacy and asking customers about their awareness of the disease. Order your Turn it Purple Pharmacy pack today, which includes everything you need to get you started including, purple t-shirts, an award toolkit, awareness materials, fun props and much more! 

You can signpost your customers to the Pancreatic Cancer Action website for further help and information, which also has resources such as:

Understanding pancreatic cancer booklets

Recipe book for people with pancreatic cancer

References

  1. Pancreatic Cancer Action [Last accessed September 2017]
  2. Anderson, K et al., (2006) Pancreatic Cancer. In Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. Schottenfeld, D Fraumeni, JF Jr., (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press pp 721-762. In Pancreatic Cancer (2010) Neoptolemous, J et al., (eds.) New York: Springer pp 5-19
  3. Parkin, D.M., Boyd, L., Walker, L.C. The fraction of cancer attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors in the UK in 2010. Summary and conclusions. Br J Cancer, 6 Dec 2011; 105 (S2):S77-S81; doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.489
  4. Duell EJ, Lucenteforte E, Olson SH et al. Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer risk: a pooled analysis in the International Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (PanC4). Ann Oncol. 2012
  5. Huxley, R., et al., Type-II diabetes and pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis of 36 studies. Br J Cancer, 2005. 92(11): p. 2076-83
  6. Parkin et al., (2011) The fraction of cancer attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors in the UK in 2010. British Journal of Cancer 105, S77 – S81

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