An Interdisciplinary Approach to Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Comorbid Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Within a VA Health Care System

Andrea Ruskin; Caroline G Falker; Ellen L Edens; Margaret R Bauer

doi:10.12788/fp.0160

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Comorbid Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Within a VA Health Care System

Fed Pract. 2021 Aug;38(Suppl 3):S66-S71. doi: 10.12788/fp.0160.

Authors

Andrea Ruskin¹, Caroline G Falker¹, Ellen L Edens¹, Margaret R Bauer¹

Affiliation

¹ is Medical Director Palliative Care; is Physician Internal Medicine; and is Psychologist, Palliative Care Team and Health Psychology Service; all at Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

Abstract

A multidisciplinary approach provided safe and feasible cancer treatment in a patient with advanced pancreatic cancer and coexisting active substance use disorder.