Vareedayah Ashley A, Alkaade Samer, Taylor Jason R
Ashley A. Vareedayah, MD, is a Fellow in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Samer Alkaade, MD, is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Mo Med. 2018 May-Jun;115(3):230-235.
Pancreatic cancer is a common gastrointestinal malignancy, and is often associated with a poor prognosis. Challenges to effective screening for pancreatic cancer include low disease prevalence and high cost of screening modalities such as endoscopic ultrasound and cross-sectional imaging. Further, most patients are asymptomatic during the early course of disease, which often leads to delay in diagnosis. Treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, and palliative care.
胰腺癌是一种常见的胃肠道恶性肿瘤,通常预后较差。有效筛查胰腺癌面临的挑战包括疾病患病率低以及诸如内镜超声和断层成像等筛查方式成本高昂。此外,大多数患者在疾病早期无症状,这常常导致诊断延迟。治疗选择包括手术、化疗和姑息治疗。