The current status and evaluation of comprehensive therapy of pancreatic carcinoma
- VernacularTitle:胰腺癌综合治疗现状及其价值
- Author:
Dezhong LIU
;
Bin WANG
;
Dong YAN
;
Huai LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pancreatic Carcinoma;
Multimodality treatment
- From:
Journal of Interventional Radiology
2001;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The incidence of pancreatic carcinoma is increasing obviously in recent years with a serious threat to the people's life, and yet there is not a single treatment for obtaining satisfactory prognosis. At present, the radical resection is the primary method for resectable pancreatic carcinoma, together with radiotherapy can improve the surgical resection rate and reduce the dissemination of tumors. Intraoperative radiotherapy can alleviate the pain and increase the survival rate, but the role of postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy is still in controversial. There is a lot of advantages for regional chemotherapy theoretically, but lack of evidence in practice. Physical therapy and biological therapy in the treatment of pancreatic carcinoma have been recognized extensively. It is possible to change fundamentally the current status of treatment and to improve the long-term survival rates with the quality of life until establishing a comprehensive treatment system mainly depended on surgical resection with combination of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, physical and biological treatment. The interventional therapy has been significantly developed as an important palliative treatment during recent years.
