How to treat pancreatic cancer

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My mother-in-law is suffering from pancreatic cancer. Now she is undergoing active treatment in the hospital. Today, let me talk about how to treat pancreatic cancer.

How to treat pancreatic cancer

Treatment 1: surgery is the preferred treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer. In the past few decades, great progress has been made in the surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer. The surgical mortality has decreased from about 20% in the 1980s to 3% at present, but the 5-year survival rate is still less than 5%. However, it is a pity that the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are hidden. Most of the patients are in advanced stage when they are diagnosed. The cancer is relatively large and spreads rapidly. It is almost impossible to completely remove the cancer cells by surgery. Postoperative radiotherapy, chemotherapy, cellular immunotherapy and other comprehensive treatment methods are needed.

Treatment 2: radiotherapy and chemotherapy can control local symptoms, and has good effect in inhibiting cancer cells, but there are some limitations. Radiotherapy has a lot of toxic and side effects, can make patients more tired, skin damage and even hair loss; chemotherapy can kill cancer cells, but also damage normal cells, so that patients have a series of side effects, such as vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and red blood cells, white blood cells, low blood platelets, etc., the elderly and the weak can not bear. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy combined with cellular immunotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer can effectively improve the immune mechanism of patients, reduce the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, improve the drug resistance of patients, and greatly improve the therapeutic effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Third: chemotherapy: Although the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is difficult, the resection rate is low, and it is not sensitive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the timely use of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biological response regulators, hormones and other comprehensive treatment, including preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Radiotherapy and / or chemotherapy and other drugs for unresectable limited advanced patients are better than single therapy, and may prolong the survival time.

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The main treatment of pancreatic cancer is to take surgical resection, adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy to prevent tumor recurrence. But the specific treatment plan also needs to pass the system examination, after the diagnosis stage, formulates the corresponding treatment plan.