Experiencing the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer as an acute threat: a grounded theory study on the diagnostic process of people with pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Ristau, P.; Oetting-Roß, C.; Büscher, A. · HeilberufeScience · 2024 · Heft 1 · S. 8 bis 17
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IntroductionCancer, alongside cardiovascular diseases, is one of the leading causes of death and poses enormous challenges to healthcare systems and economies worldwide (Dagenais et al. 2020; Luengo-Fernandez et al. 2013). Every year about 500,000 people in Germany are newly diagnosed with a malignancy (6 per 1000 persons; Robert Koch-Institut [RKI] & Gesellschaft der epidemiologischen Krebsregister in Deutschland e.V [GEKID] 2021). Breast or prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer cause more than half of these new cases. Except for lung cancer, all these cancer entities have a relative 5‑year survival rate well a…