2025
Overview
Pancreatic cancer treatments are the medical and surgical approaches used to manage cancer of the pancreas, a disease that is often diagnosed at an advanced stage and that carries a difficult prognosis. The choice of treatment depends on the stage of the cancer, the location and size of the tumour, and the patient's overall health. Established options include surgical resection for early-stage, operable tumours, together with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted therapies, often used in combination to control disease and relieve symptoms. Early and accurate assessment is important to treatment planning, since the stage at diagnosis strongly influences which therapies are feasible. Research in the journal Pancreas relevant to this topic includes work on pancreatic cancer in a non-tertiary centre, evaluating the predictive value of markers such as CEA and bilirubin relative to CA 19-9 at initial presentation, which informs diagnosis and risk stratification ahead of treatment decisions. The journal publishes peer-reviewed, open-access work spanning pancreatic disease, including its diagnosis and clinical management. This page gathers research relevant to pancreatic cancer and its evaluation and treatment.
Research published in this journal
2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
2023