López Serrano Antonio
Servicio de Medicina Digestiva, Hospital Universitario Manises, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia, España.
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 May;33(5):382-90. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2009.10.004. Epub 2009 Dec 10.
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is usually incurable. Identifying people at risk for developing PC may improve the prognosis of this entity. The main risk factors for PC are Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, hereditary pancreatitis and a history family of PC. Other factors, such as advanced age and smoking, should also be taken into account. PC screening is only useful in very high risk individuals. Tools that allow tumors to be identified in the early stages are required in order to apply appropriate curative treatments. In this scenario, only endoscopic ultrasound with cytological analysis of suspicious pancreatic lesions has proved to be useful.
胰腺癌（PC）通常无法治愈。识别有患PC风险的人群可能会改善该疾病的预后。PC的主要风险因素是黑斑息肉综合征、遗传性胰腺炎和PC家族史。其他因素，如高龄和吸烟，也应予以考虑。PC筛查仅对极高风险个体有用。为了实施适当的治愈性治疗，需要能够在早期识别肿瘤的工具。在这种情况下，只有对可疑胰腺病变进行细胞学分析的内镜超声已被证明是有用的。
