[Supportive care in pancreatic cancer].

Autor: Capodano G
Jazyk: francouzština
Zdroj: La Revue du praticien [Rev Prat] 2015 Mar; Vol. 65 (3), pp. 390-4.
Abstrakt: Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive malignancy with an expected overall survival of less than one year in metastatic canes. Many refmactory symptoms may be present at diagnosis and must be adequaty managed to improve quality of life (and survival ?) of these patients This includes dedicated supportive care but also an early introduction of palliative care methods. The current manuscript details the mast common and problematic maaifestatiaas of pancreatic cancer including weight loss, anorexia, cachexia syndrome, pain management, venous thromboembolism, malignant biliary and gastric outlet obstruction.
Databáze: MEDLINE