Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Guidelines Update

  Pancreatic cancer is highly malignant and progresses rapidly. Most patients are diagnosed with the disease when their disease progresses to the middle and late stages, which is more serious, and some even have the disease spread and metastasize, which is one of the reasons why many patients give up treatment after learning about their disease. In view of the situation that pancreatic cancer treatment methods are diversified, experts in treating pancreatic cancer recommend choosing comprehensive therapy.  As far as the current level of medical technology is concerned, the core therapies of the integrated program are mainly combined chemotherapy, precision radiotherapy, bioimmunotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy. It has been found that the use of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer in combination with other drugs can prolong survival, and the purpose of treatment must be explained to pancreatic cancer patients before chemotherapy, and patients receiving chemotherapy must be closely followed up, including physical examination, chest imaging and blood CA19-9 examination.  For example, the gyroknife, unlike ordinary radiotherapy, adopts the “three-dimensional bullet-filled conformal intensity modulation” method, which is different from linear gas pedal, and focuses the gamma rays on any position of the tumor by precisely controlling the movement of the three-dimensional treatment bed. Through the automatic switching of each group of collimators of different sizes, different sizes of focused spots – “bullet”, the tumor to form a closed situation, complete filling so as to completely kill the tumor tissue, while the normal tissue is rarely irradiated, to truly achieve the unity of “maximizing curative effect and minimizing damage”. “The treatment time is usually only a few minutes to a few minutes.  The treatment of pancreatic cancer is crucial, but the daily regimen should not be neglected. Patients with pancreatic cancer need to maintain a healthy lifestyle, eat a reasonable diet, have a balanced nutrition, stop smoking and limit alcohol consumption, and stay away from factors that can easily trigger pancreatic cancer, as well as maintain a good state of mind, face the disease positively and optimistically and cooperate with doctors.