Does breast conserving radiotherapy necessary for pancreatic cancer

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My friend was found to have pancreatic cancer, but I didn't know much about the treatment. I consulted my medical friends and learned that this kind of cancer is likely to need breast resection. I'm particularly distressed. I hope I can keep my breast. Now let me talk about whether radiotherapy is necessary for breast conservation of pancreatic cancer.

Does breast conserving radiotherapy necessary for pancreatic cancer

First: breast conserving surgery is only to remove the local breast tumor and retain the fat and lymph nodes, and according to laboratory tests, most of the fat and lymph nodes around the tumor will contain cancer cells. Moreover, after breast conserving surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy with long time and high intensity are needed, patients need better economic and medical conditions, and the treatment cost will be relatively high. If not strongly requested by patients, we generally do not recommend breast conserving surgery.

Second: for early patients, if conditions permit, breast conserving therapy should be vigorously advocated, especially for those patients with low pathological malignancy, even if postoperative radiotherapy is not used, the recurrence rate is very low. For advanced patients, it is mainly to prevent systemic metastasis. The size of the operation can no longer affect their survival. At this time, it is advisable to appropriately narrow the scope of operation and try not to produce postoperative complications, so as to facilitate further treatment in time.

Third, only according to the different tumor stage and metastasis of patients, different surgical resection plan can achieve the best effect. According to the stage of primary tumor (T), in T1 (the maximum diameter of tumor is 1cm ~ 2cm) and T2 (the maximum diameter of tumor is 2cm ~ 5cm), breast conserving surgery can be carried out generally. Local resection of the breast, combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, will not change the shape of the breast.

matters needing attention

Breast conserving surgery is not suitable for every patient with pancreatic cancer. Don't blindly hope that you can protect your breast. After all, some patients are in serious condition and can't complete breast conserving surgery at all. It's better to consult a doctor in a regular hospital to effectively control your disease.