pancreitas cancer treatment?!


Question: Pancreitas cancer treatment?
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I think you mean pancreatitis and it is not cancer.
Treatment will depend on the cause.

I am a cancer registrar.



Assuming that Q is in cancer section,the treatment for pancreas cancer facts=
* Pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose in early stages, and thus by the time a patient approaches a doctor and is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the disease has usually spread and curative treatment is an option for only a few patients.
* At presentation only 10-15% of patients can be offered surgery. Surgery is the only curative treatment that can remove the cancerous tumor out of the body. But it cannot be considered in patients with advanced stages as the cancer is spread to lymph nodes and other distant organs.
* Surgery is possible only in patients with localised cancer where the major blood vessels, lymph nodes and other distant organs are not affected.
* If only the immediate neighboring tissues and lymph node are affected, surgery can still be an option as the neighboring tissue can be removed during the procedure.
* Surgery (palliative surgery) in advanced stages is done to make the patient comfortable and reduce pain and other complications that may arise because of the cancer.
* The type of surgery depends on the stage and location of cancer. There are three types of curative surgeries that are commonly done to treat pancreatic cancer.

o Pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple Procedure)
o Distal pancreatectomy
o Total pancreatectomy

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