Open AccessPancreatic cancer: chemotherapy and radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Åke AndrénSandberg
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4297/najms.2011.31
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic cancer , radiation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , chemotherapy , cancer , palliative chemotherapy , oncology , paleontology , biology
Pancreatic cancer in many cases appears in a non-curatively resectable stage when the diagnosis is made. Palliative treatment become an option in the patients with advanced stage. The present article reviewed chemotherapy and radiotherapy in various advanced stage of pancreatic cancer.