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However, the majority of patients with pancreatic cancer present with metastatic or locally advanced un-resectable disease; [7] thus only 15–20% of patients are candidates for the Whipple procedure. Surgery may follow neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which aims to shrink the tumor and increase the likelihood of complete resection. [8]
In medicine, a pancreatectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the pancreas.Several types of pancreatectomy exist, including pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure), distal pancreatectomy, segmental pancreatectomy, and total pancreatectomy.
Pancreatic cancer is among the most deadly forms of cancer globally, with one of the lowest survival rates. In 2015, pancreatic cancers of all types resulted in 411,600 deaths globally. [8] Pancreatic cancer is the fifth-most-common cause of death from cancer in the United Kingdom, [19] and the third most-common in the United States. [20]
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The researchers discovered that, while there was a similar rate of pancreatic cancer in older Americans, rates of the disease in women under the age of 55 rose 2.4% higher than the rates of ...
SEMS are used to treat additional complications of cancer, such as tracheoesophageal fistulas from esophageal cancer, [8] and gastric outlet obstruction from stomach, duodenal, or pancreatic cancer. [9] SEMS and self-expanding plastic stents have also been used for non-malignant conditions that cause narrowing or leaks of the esophagus or colon.
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Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis, [2] with a five-year survival rate of less than 5%. By the time the cancer is diagnosed, it is usually at an advanced, inoperable stage. [9] Only one in about fifteen to twenty patients is curative surgery attempted. [11] Pancreatic cancer tends to be aggressive, and it resists radiotherapy and ...