Kelley A. Rone, DNP, RN, AGNP-c

A nurse practitioner discussed risk factors, diagnostic challenges, and treatment planning in patients with pancreatic cancers.

Differences in pancreatic cancer responses to treatment elicits a need to better educate patients on expectations in treatment, particularly chemotherapy.

Increasing patient awareness of modifiable risk factors for pancreatic cancer may help mitigate incidence of pancreatic cancers.

Kelley A. Rone, DNP, RN, AGNP-c, provides perspective on approaching end-of-life conversations with patients with GI cancers.

As patients are nearing the end of life, different management strategies, such as opioids, may be needed to help mitigate pain or fatigue.

Kelley A. Rone, DNP, RN, AGNP-c, highlights the importance of having end-of-life discussions early in a patient’s cancer treatment course.