After diagnosis of carcinoma of pancreas and evaluation of tumor extension, the treating physician discusses the best available treatment modalities with the patient depending on the stage of tumor.

1. Operative removal of the tumor
2. Systemic chemotherapy
3. Radiation therapy
4. Local treatment methods
5. or combination of above mentioned therapies

• Local Chemoembolisation of Carcinoma

The type of therapy depends specially on the type (endocrine or exocrine) and stage of the carcinoma, also the age and general condition of the patient is taken in consideration.

The most important and effective method of treatment of pancreatic carcinoma is operation. The aim of operation is to remove the tumor completely and treat the disease. But operative removal is only done when the tumor is located within the pancreas. Operative therapy is of little sense if the tumor has already extended to the nearby tissues or infiltrated the neighbouring organs. In such cases
the therapy choices are usually radiation therapy and/or Chemo-embolisation, -perfusion. Both these methods cannot bring about a complete cure of carcinoma but can only slow or stop its growth. Also it is possible to reduce the tumor associated symptoms (nausea, loss of appetite, pain) with these methods.

 

Document Date: 2007/09/24   Author: Ahmed Koujan

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