Erin Tutty, Philomena Horsley, Rowan Forbes Shepherd, Laura Forrest
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Abstract
Background: Rapid autopsy offers a tantalising opportunity to better characterise metastatic disease and determine how malignancies evade treatment. The CASCADE (CAncer tiSsue Collection After DEath) rapid autopsy program at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, established in 2012, has conducted more than 100 autopsies. The experiences of clinicians and researchers who conduct this program can offer insight into how a unique program can be conducted sensitively and how their involvement impacts them personally and professionally.
Purpose: To explore experiences of the clinicians and researchers involved in the CASCADE cancer rapid autopsy program.
Materials and methods: A qualitative approach employing semi-structured interviews was used to collect data from clinicians and researchers working at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Inductive thematic analysis with team-based codebook development was used to generate findings.
Results: Participants (N = 20) described the benefits and burdens of involvement in a cancer rapid autopsy program, including strategies used to 'find comfort in discomfort'. Offering participation in CASCADE enhanced patient-clinician rapport. The goals of the CASCADE program helped participants overcome confronting experiences in the autopsy room and use of autopsy-derived tissue in the laboratory. Peer-support is essential to avoid burnout.
Conclusion: The benefits outweighed the burdens of delivering a cancer rapid autopsy program, however, it is important that staff are well supported in their roles.
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Psycho-Oncology is concerned with the psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. This subspeciality addresses the two major psychological dimensions of cancer: the psychological responses of patients to cancer at all stages of the disease, and that of their families and caretakers; and the psychological, behavioral and social factors that may influence the disease process. Psycho-oncology is an area of multi-disciplinary interest and has boundaries with the major specialities in oncology: the clinical disciplines (surgery, medicine, pediatrics, radiotherapy), epidemiology, immunology, endocrinology, biology, pathology, bioethics, palliative care, rehabilitation medicine, clinical trials research and decision making, as well as psychiatry and psychology.
This international journal is published twelve times a year and will consider contributions to research of clinical and theoretical interest. Topics covered are wide-ranging and relate to the psychosocial aspects of cancer and AIDS-related tumors, including: epidemiology, quality of life, palliative and supportive care, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, social work, nursing and educational issues.
Special reviews are offered from time to time. There is a section reviewing recently published books. A society news section is available for the dissemination of information relating to meetings, conferences and other society-related topics. Summary proceedings of important national and international symposia falling within the aims of the journal are presented.
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