Does pancreatic cancer need radiotherapy

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Not long ago, my friend's father found out that he has pancreatic cancer. For patients with pancreatic cancer, early detection and early treatment must be done to avoid causing more serious harm to the body. Next, I will tell you about what kind of pancreatic cancer needs radiotherapy, so that we can better treat pancreatic cancer.

Does pancreatic cancer need radiotherapy

First of all: radical resection is still the only way to cure pancreatic cancer, but because there are many important organs around the pancreas, such as stomach, kidney, liver, small intestine, spinal cord and duodenum, the thoroughness of the operation is limited, especially the resection range of the retroperitoneal structure behind the pancreas is seriously limited.

Secondly, local recurrence of pancreatic cancer after simple surgical resection can be as high as 50-80%. The purpose of adjuvant radiotherapy after surgery is to eliminate the residual subclinical lesions by medium dose irradiation, so as to improve the local control rate and survival rate.

Finally: the curative effect of radiotherapy alone is not obvious. Randomized or non randomized studies show that the combined treatment of radiotherapy and 5-FU can improve the median survival and 2-year survival rate of radical resection of pancreatic cancer. Due to the toxic effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy is mainly suitable for postoperative recovery.

matters needing attention

Patients with pancreatic cancer should be found early, treated early, and have a positive and optimistic attitude towards life. Multiple ray beams of CyberKnife focus on the lesion area, causing very high dose of radiation, which can protect adjacent normal tissues from obvious damage. Through 1-5 times of treatment, the effect of destroying tumors in any part of the body can be achieved.