New advances in comprehensive treatment for pancreatic cancer / 中华消化外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Pancreatic cancer is a highly digestive system malignancy with an extremely poor prognosis.Although the rapid improvements of surgical technique have resulted in the increase in the resection rate and the significant decline in perioperative morbidity and mortality,the prognosis of pancreatic cancer remains far from satisfying.As the understanding of tumor biological behavior deepens,the treatment strategy of pancreatic cancer has been changed from "surgery first" to multidisciplinary team (MDT) based comprehensive management including surgery,chemotherapy,radiotherapy and others.In the past decade,MDT modality has been employed widely in high volume pancreatic center and has improved the management of pancreatic cancer.Here,the authors reviewed the recent advances in systematic treatment for pancreatic cancer,with an aim to provide new horizons of optimal management.