The University of Michigan Medical School and his colleagues, Dr. JB Ammori that radiotherapy combined gemcitabine (Gem / RT) as a new means of adjuvant therapy is expected for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, but its side effects limit its application.
More...Japan's Tokyo Komagome Hospital Dr. Okamoto and his colleagues selected 144 cases of pancreatic cancer patients, intraoperative radiotherapy and analysis of the efficacy of radiation therapy. Patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 included 65 patients with unresectable tumors using shunt surgery; Group 2 included 68 cases of patients with tumor resection. In addition, the PWC study, 11 patients with radiation therapy from around the hemodynamic changes of pancreatic arterial infusion chemotherapy after them.
More...Indiana University in the United States a prospective study showed that, for biopsy specimens negative cytology results for the pancreatic mass, ultrasonic endoscope positioning for fine-needle aspiration biopsy is a very good supplementary examination
Winthrop University Hospital in New York, Denver Dr. Frank and his colleagues in the 1992-1996 suspected pancreatic cancer among the 102 patients with the above method, and check the accuracy of this method were evaluated. In these patients with percutaneous CT-fine needle aspiration biopsy examination or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography cytological examination show negative results.
More...Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study of 14 patients with pancreatic cancer vaccine experiment. Pancreatic cancer surgery removed the tumor, 14 patients received different doses of the vaccine. Research found that the largest dose of the vaccine in patients with the three parts of the immune system is activated in the diagnosis after 30 months without recurrence symptoms, and 11 were no obvious response. After vaccination side effects of the injection site within a few days localized skin reaction, redness, itching and so on.
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