Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-8118.2012.06.001
- VernacularTitle:胰腺癌诊断治疗中的几个热点问题浅谈
- Author:
Yongfu SHAO
;
Dongbing ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pancreatic neoplasms;
Pancreatectomy;
Surgical procedures
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery
2012;18(6):401-403
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pancreatic carcinoma is one of the malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract with the most dismal prognosis.As a consequence of its anatomic and biological behavior,the 5-year survival is only 10%- 20% even after curative resection.There are many problems which need to be solved in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.This paper aims to discuss the preoperative assessment of resectability,histological diagnosis,radical surgery,multidisciplinary and multimodality treatment to help to raise the standard of diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer in China.