Supportive care in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
; 19(11): 1293-1302, nov. 2017. ilus, tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the cancers with poorest prognosis and represents the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Western countries. Despite advances in diagnostic procedures and treatment, diagnosis is made in most cases when the disease is locally advanced or metastatic. Supportive care aims to improve symptoms, reduce hospital admission rates, and preserve quality of life. Proper symptomatic management is critical to allow administration of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Symptomatic management should be accomplished in a multidisciplinary fashion. Its primary aims include relief of biliary or duodenal obstruction, prevention and/or treatment of thromboembolic disease, and control cancer-related pain. Nutritional support and optimal replacement therapy in patients with endocrine and/or exocrine insufficiency, is mandatory. This manuscript highlights the most significant problems faced when caring for patients with advanced PDAC and provides an evidence-based approach to symptomatic management (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Health problem:
Cardiovascular Disease
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Digestive System Diseases
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Endocrine System Diseases
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Pancreas Cancer
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Thromboembolism
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Cachexia
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Stents
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Cholestasis
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Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol/Spain
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Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias/Spain
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Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer/Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal/Spain
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Instituto Catalán de Oncología/Spain