Purpose.
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a
disease with bad
prognosis. It is usually diagnosed at advanced stages and its
treatment is complex. The aim of this
consensus document was to provide recommendations by experts that would ameliorate PC
diagnosis, reduce the
time to treatment, and optimize PC management by interdisciplinary teams.
Methods. As a
consensus method, we followed the modified Delphi
methodology. A scientific committee of experts provided 40
statements that were submitted in two rounds to a panel of 87
specialists of 12
scientific societies. Results. Agreement was reached for 39 of the 40 proposed
statements (97.5%). Conclusions. Although a
screening of the asymptomatic
population is not a feasible option, special
attention to potential symptoms during
primary care could ameliorate early diagnostic. It is especially important to decrease the period until
diagnostic tests are performed. This
consensus could improve
survival in PC
patients by decreasing the
time to
diagnose and
time to treatment and by the implementation of multidisciplinary teams (AU)