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Palliative Care for Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancer

Most patients with pancreatic cancer will present with metastatic or locally advanced disease. Unfortunately, most patients with localized disease will experience recurrence even after multimodality therapy. As such, pancreatic cancer patients arrive at a common endpoint where decisions pertaining to palliative care come to the forefront. This article summarizes surgical, endoscopic, and other palliative techniques for relief of obstructive jaundice, relief of duodenal or gastric outlet obstruction, and relief of pain due to invasion of the celiac plexus. It also introduces the utility of the palliative care triangle in clarifying a patient's and family's goals to guide decision making.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/622658
Date12 1900
CreatorsPerone, Jennifer A., Riall, Taylor S., Olino, Kelly
ContributorsDepartment of Surgery, Banner-University Medical Center, University of Arizona
PublisherW B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Relationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0039610916520532

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