RCGP Curriculum - 12 Care of People with Cancer and Palliative Care
This section of our curriculum guide refers to statement 12, Care of People with Cancer and Palliative Care, produced by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).
Cancer is a clear or underlying concern in many patients and it is important for GPs to recognise this and act on it.
The role of the GP includes primary prevention of cancer through detection and diagnosis to terminal care. Palliative care, and helping patients to die with dignity, is one of the most fundamental aspects of medicine.
Here we have collated key articles from our journals to help you meet the curriculum requirements in this area.
PRIMARY CARE MANAGEMENT
- Clinical Review - Ovarian cancer
- Clinical review: Management of pancreatic cancer
- The basics - Diagnosis of lymphoedema
- The Basics - Tumour markers explained
- Haematology - Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Alarm symptoms can help to identify cancer
- Haematology - Chronic leukaemia
- General practice care for patients with cancer
- Haematology - Acute leukaemia
- Ethical principles in palliative care
- Palliative care
- Clinical review: Glioma
- Opioids in the management of cancer pain
- The role of screening in breast cancer
- Diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer
- Palliative care in motor neurone disease
- Palliative care for non-cancer patients
- Identifying and managing hepatobiliary cancers
- Sentinel node biopsy for targeted axillary staging
- Clinical Review: Colorectal cancer
- Case study: Non-surgical therapy in basal cell carcinoma
- Therapeutic options in bladder cancer
- The diagnosis and management of oral cancer
- Diagnosis and management of bladder cancer
- Palliative care in Parkinson's disease
- Retinoblastoma
- Clinical Review - Sarcomas
SKILLS AND ATTITUDES
- Recognising cancer in teenage patients
- The effects of surviving cancer
- Case Study - Family history
- Red flag symptoms - Rectal bleeding
- Case study - Leg oedema with a sinister cause
- Red flag symtoms - Jaundice in an adult
- Emergencies in oncology and palliative care
- The palliative care approach to pain control
- Opioids in the management of cancer pain
- Hypercalcaemia in cancer patients
OTHER RELATED ARTICLES
These curriculum resources are regularly updated with relevant articles from our range of healthcare publications. All articles are reviewed by GP advisers. We have set the standard lifetime of an article at two years and will aim to renew all articles within that timeframe. However, some older articles will remain in the listing if our reviewers believe there to be no significant changes to the topic covered.
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