Pancreatic cancer radiotherapy cases

  Master Tian is 75 years old and belongs to the Dragon. He used to be in pretty good health, and usually did not have a cold or fever. It is a little high blood pressure, eat a piece of Zhenju antihypertensive tablets can be. But last year after the Spring Festival often feel uncomfortable stomach, eating is not good, a little more to feel bloated, moncler thought it was a stomach disease no big deal. It may be caused by eating an undigested diet, but also to the hospital to see, the doctor wants me to do gastroscopy, moncler fear of medical insurance account money used up, the second fear of suffering, it has been dragged down. It was not until last June that he went to the hospital for ultrasound and CT and found many masses in the tail of the pancreatic body and had a tumor marker CA199 of over 2,000 in the lab that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The surgeon frankly told him that since the lymph nodes in the abdominal cavity were enlarged on the CT film and the superior mesenteric artery and the pancreas were adherent, it would be difficult to eradicate the cancer surgically and there was a high possibility of recurrence and metastasis after surgery. After thinking about it and feeling reluctant, Tian went to the oncology clinic, where the medical oncologist’s opinion was the same as the surgeon’s, suggesting that I have systemic intravenous chemotherapy. Then it started whole body chemotherapy.  In the first two cycles of chemotherapy, although there were reactions such as stomach discomfort, but in general, after chemotherapy, I felt that the symptoms of abdominal distension had improved, and my appetite had also improved. However, the effect of the next few cycles of chemotherapy was not obvious. In December, Director Lai suggested that he should undergo radiotherapy. At the beginning, he felt very tired and had a poor appetite, but after about two weeks of treatment, his appetite slowly improved, and he also felt good about eating and sleeping. This year, Master Tian was able to go home and have a happy family reunion.  Looking back on the whole process of fighting against cancer, there are several lessons worth learning for future generations, Director Li said: usually pay attention to the various discomfort in the body, as soon as there are discomfort symptoms that last for more than half a month, you should go to the hospital for examination. For inoperable pancreatic cancer, radiation therapy is still a good method. Nowadays, linear gas pedal is used for accurate positioning and easy dose control, which is more effective than the previous isotope treatment and has fewer side effects. At present there is a computer-controlled conformal radiotherapy, which is even better.3 After tumor treatment, it is still necessary to be vigilant and review in time.