European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC): Pancreatic Cancer

European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) are written by experts representing all disciplines involved in cancer care in Europe. They give patients, health professionals, managers and policymakers a guide to essential care throughout the patient journey. Pancreatic cancer is an increasing cause of cancer mortality and has wide variation in treatment and care in Europe. It is a major healthcare burden and has complex diagnosis and treatment challenges. Care must be carried out only in pancreatic cancer units or centres that have a core multidisciplinary team (MDT) and an extended team of health professionals detailed here. Such units are far from universal in European countries. To meet European aspirations for comprehensive cancer control, healthcare organisations must consider the requirements in this paper, paying particular attention to multidisciplinarity and patient-centred pathways from diagnosis, to treatment, to survivorship.

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The European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCC) are guidelines written by experts from various disciplines in Europe to provide essential care throughout the patient journey. Pancreatic cancer presents challenges in diagnosis and treatment, with varying care standards across European countries. To achieve comprehensive cancer control, healthcare organisations must prioritize multidisciplinarity and patient-centered pathways as outlined in the ERQCC.