What is the medical treatment of pancreatic cancer?
There are no universally agreed upon firm guidelines for medical treatment for those patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas who are not candidates for surgery or who have a recurrence of the cancer after surgical resection. In part, this is because there is no one great treatment option-there are a number of treatment approaches which may be more or less appropriate, given certain variables. Also, therapy offerings are often tailored to patient circumstance and wishes–which are highly individual. In the discussion to follow, very broad standard treatment practices are outlined. The discussion does not touch upon general cancer therapy or the treatment of some of the more common symptoms of pancreatic cancer. Keep in mind while reviewing this information, as there is no single exceptionally superior treatment, thoughtful and creative physician-guided therapeutic regimens may be appropriate, and clinical trials may offer options to (or even act to augment) standard practice. Local
