Matthew Loscalzo

TL;DR: Pictures closely linked to written or spoken text can, when compared to text alone, markedly increase attention to and recall of health education information and improve comprehension when they show relationships among ideas or when they shows spatial relationships.

TL;DR: These NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Distress Management discuss the identifica tion and treatment of psychosocial problems in patients with cancer to assist oncology teams identify patients who require referral to psychossocial resources and to give oncological teams guidance on interventions for patients with mild distress.

TL;DR: A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer may be associated with increased psychological distress, yet remarkably little is known about the degree of psychological distress experienced by patients at the time of diagnosis and treatment.

TL;DR: Older adults with cancer are vulnerable to functional decline, which places greater onus on caregivers, which results in high caregiver burden.

TL;DR: Although no single tool could be offered unqualified support, several tools are likely to improve upon unassisted clinical recognition and should form part of an integrated approach involving further follow-up, clinical assessment and evidence based therapy.