Attach importance to combined therapy for pancreatic cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-9752.2009.04.002
- VernacularTitle:重视胰腺癌的综合治疗
- Author:
Chengyi SUN
;
Zili CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pancreatic neoplasms;
Combined therapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery
2009;8(4):244-246
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pancreatic cancer is a common malignancy of gastrointestinal system, with features of early metastasis, easy invasion to adjacent tissues and organs and neural metastasis. Therapies include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, physi-cal and biological therapy and so on. Surgical management, including radical resection and palliative operation, is a major approach. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy could improve the resectional rate and decrease the tumor dissemination. Physical and biological therapies are widely recommended, and there is a rapid progress in zoopery. However, the efficacy of all the thera-pies is far from satisfactory. Recently, the therapy consisting of surgical resection, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, physical and biological therapy in increasing the long-term survival rate and improving the life quality of patients, along with combined thera-py has attracted the attention of surgeons.
