Diagnosis and management of metastatic pancreatic tumors / 中华肿瘤杂志
Chinese Journal of Oncology
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(12): 306-308, 2006.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-236980
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the clinicopathological features and prognostic factors of metastatic pancreatic tumor.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinical data of 18 metastatic pancreatic tumors were retrospectively analyzed. The primary foci of these 18 patients included 8 lung cancer, 2 gastric cancer, and malignant histiocytoma, melanoma, rectal cancer, thyroid cancer, renal cell carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, liver cancer and ovarian cancer each.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All these 18 patients harboring metastatic pancreatic tumor did not show any specific symptoms but were frequently found to have a solitary (14 cases) or multiple (4 cases) homogeneous and hypodense nodules on CT scan without any enhancement except one metastatic renal cell carcinoma. The diagnosis was cytologically confirmed in 14 patients by fine needle aspiration biopsy guided by CT or ultrasonography, and diagnosed by postoperative pathology in the other 4 patients. After receiving combined modality treatment, their survival time was 8 to 38 months with an average of 19 months.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Metastatic pancreatic tumors are rare and give no specific symptom or image finding. Selection of appropriate combined modality treatment according to the type of primary focus is very important for the management.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pancreatic Neoplasms
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Pathology
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Prognosis
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Stomach Neoplasms
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Therapeutics
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Retrospective Studies
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Follow-Up Studies
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Carcinoma, Small Cell
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Oncology
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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