Comprehensive interventional therapy for pancreatic cancer：current progress / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Pancreatic cancer is a common malignant neoplasm of digestive system with a fairly poor prognosis, the diagnosis rate in its early stage is low, and in recent years its incidence rate has become more and more high. Surgical remove is the only radical means, whereas only 20% of patients can get the oppotunity of surgery when the diagnosis is confirmed. More unfortunately, the five-year overall survival rate after the surgery is as low as 15 - 20%. Therefore, it is of clinical significance to improve the survival rate and to prolong survival time. Comprehensive interventional therapy has many advantages, as the technique is safe and mini-invasive with satisfactory short-term efficacy. Nowadays, interventional therapy has become the hot point in the research of pancreatic cancer. This paper aims to make a review about the current situation and progress of interventional treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer.