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Advanced pancreatic cancer: The standard of care and new opportunities
Author(s) -
Amrallah A. Mohammad
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
oncology reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.637
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1970-5565
pISSN - 1970-5557
DOI - 10.4081/oncol.2018.370
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic cancer , cancer , standard of care , presentation (obstetrics) , intensive care medicine , mortality rate , oncology , surgery
Presentation of pancreatic cancer is localized, locally advanced or metastatic. With the later represented the main bulk (more than 80%). Despite the significant innovation in molecular analysis and therapeutic approach in many types of cancer in the last two decades, still the outcome of advanced pancreatic cancer is disappointing and the mortality rate approximately unchanged. In this mandated review we intended to highlight the standard of care and emerging agents for advanced pancreatic cancer treatment.

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