Problems and needs in patients with incurable esophageal and pancreaticobiliary cancer: a descriptive study

Madeleen J Uitdehaag¹, Els M L Verschuur, Casper H J van Eijck+6

• ¹Madeleen J. Uitdehaag, PhD, RN, is with Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Department Nursing, Saxion University of Applied Science, Deventer/Enschede, the Netherlands. Els M. L. Verschuur, PhD, RN, is with Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam; the Netherlands. Casper H. J. van Eijck, PhD, MD, is with Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam; the Netherlands. Ate van der Gaast, PhD, MD, is with Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam; the Netherlands. Carin C. D. van der Rijt, PhD, MD, is with Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam; the Netherlands. Rob A. de Man, PhD, MD, is with Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Ewout W. Steyerberg, PhD, is with Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam; the Netherlands. Ernst J. Kuipers, PhD, MD, is with Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Peter D. Siersema, PhD, MD, is with Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.