The International Gynecologic Cancer Society consensus statement on palliative care

Keiichi Fujiwara; Stephen R Connor; Noriko Fujiwara; Raimundo Correa; Anisa Mburu; Debbie Leopold; Mary Eiken; Michael Loran Pearl

doi:10.1136/ijgc-2024-005729

The International Gynecologic Cancer Society consensus statement on palliative care

Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 Aug 5;34(8):1128-1132. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2024-005729.

Authors

Keiichi Fujiwara^{1

2}, Stephen R Connor³, Noriko Fujiwara⁴, Raimundo Correa^{5

6}, Anisa Mburu^{7

8}, Debbie Leopold⁹, Mary Eiken¹⁰, Michael Loran Pearl¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, Narita, Chiba, Japan [email protected].
² Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
³ Executive Director, Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Palliative Medicine and Advanced Clinical Oncology, IMSUT Hospital of the Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Gynecological Oncology Unit, Hospital Luis Tisné, Santiago, Chile.
⁶ Gynecological Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Palliative Medicine & Integral Care Unit, Clínica Universidad de los Andes, Las Condes, Región Metropolitana Sant, Chile.
⁷ Gynecology and Obstetrics, Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya.
⁸ School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
⁹ Communications Specialist, International Gynecologic Cancer Society, Austin, Texas, USA.
¹⁰ Chief Executive Office, International Gynecologic Cancer Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹¹ Gynecologic Oncology, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA.

PMID: 38909991
DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2024-005729

Abstract

At the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) Global Meeting in 2023 held in Seoul, South Korea, we held a Presidential Plenary Session focusing on palliative care (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBDIoQ50xgI). We hereby reaffirm the significance of this session, express the Palliative Care Declaration made by the IGCS, and describe our action plan for the future.

Keywords: Palliative Care.

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference

MeSH terms

Consensus
Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female* / therapy
Humans
Palliative Care* / methods
Palliative Care* / standards
Societies, Medical*