When to schedule surgery after the discovery of pancreatic cancer depends on the early or late stage of the disease. If the patient finds that the pancreatic cancer is in the early stage, surgery is usually possible, if the condition is found to be in the middle or late stage, the surgical treatment may not be very effective.
If the disease is found in the middle or late stage, the effect of surgery may not be good. Because the disease has not spread in the early stage, surgery can completely remove the tumor lesions, which is also a more effective treatment means.
If pancreatic cancer is found to be in the middle or late stage, the tumor may have already metastasized to distant places, and the effect of direct surgical treatment will not be very good. Generally speaking, advanced radiotherapy (such as gemcitabine, fluorouracil, mitomycin, etc.) and other treatments are used to make the cancer shrink and confined, and then the patient will consider whether to have surgical treatment or not.
In addition, if the patient is found to be suffering from pancreatic cancer with severe jaundice and high bilirubin, radical surgical treatment will not be carried out, but pancreatic fluid redirection surgery may be carried out to drain the pancreatic fluid into the duodenum to relieve the jaundice.
It is recommended to have regular body checkups in your life so that the disease can be detected and treated earlier.