Multiple Primary Cancers in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Yamamura, Kensuke; Hashimoto, Daisuke; Kitano, Yuki; Kuroda, Daisuke; Eto, Tsugio; Arima, Kota; Kaida, Takayoshi; Miyata, Tatsunori; Nakagawa, Shigeki; Imai, Katsunori; Yamashita, Yo-Ichi; Chikamoto, Akira; Matsumura, Fujio; Baba, Hideo
- Source
- American Surgeon. Dec2018, Vol. 84 Issue 12, pe514-e516. 3p.
- Subject
- *PANCREATIC cancer treatment
*THERAPEUTICS research
*HEALTH outcome assessment
*CANCER treatment
*SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry)
*CANCER invasiveness
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-1348
The article discusses multiple primary cancers (MC)-related research which indicates that treatment of pancreatic cancer (PC) should be prioritized over treatment of extrapancreatic cancers, and it mentions how postoperative outcomes and survival rates are similar for PC patients with and without extrapancreatic cancers. It states that treatment strategies for extrapancreatic cancers are dependent on a patient's general condition and the progression of the PC.