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Pancreas and Periampullary Cancer
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Pancreas and Periampullary Cancer
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Expert Surgical Care for Cancers
Pancreas cancer is more common in male patients.
Symptoms can vary depending on the type of gynae cancer but may include:
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge
- Pelvic or abdominal pain
- Pain during intercourse
- Bloating or feeling full quickly
- Frequent or urgent urination
- Lump or swelling in the pelvic area
Gynae cancers are staged based on the size of the tumor, depth of invasion, and spread to nearby tissues or distant organs:
Stage I:
Localized to the origin organ
Stage II:
Spread to nearby reproductive structures
Stage III:
Spread to pelvic or abdominal lymph nodes
Stage IV:
Distant metastasis to organs like the liver or lungs
- Family history of gynae cancers
- HPV infection (especially for cervical cancer)
- Early menstruation or late menopause
- Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
- Use of hormone replacement therapy
- Smoking and poor diet
- Cervical Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
- Smoking
- Diabetes
- Chronic cirrhosis (condition where liver is failing to function)
- Obesity
- Abdomen pain
- Weight loss
- Jaundice
- Blood vomiting and blood in stools
- Very early stage – cancer less than 2 cm
- Early stage – cancer more than 2 cm but limited to pancreas
- Advanced stage – cancer involving adjacent organs, major blood vessels and lymph nodes
- Very advanced stage – distant spread to liver, lungs etc
Evaluation
- Serum CEA,serum Ca19.9
- CT scan of abdomen,thorax
- Endoscopic ultrasound in select case with FNAC
- Whole body Pet CT scan may be done
Treatment
- In very early and early stages, surgery is the treatment of choice. Whipple`s or pancreaticoduodenectomy is the procedure done. It requires considerable expertise.
- In advanced stages a combination of chemoradiotherapy and surgery is offerred.
- In very advanced stages only chemotherapy is given. Palliative surgery or stenting is done to relieve jaundice in some patients.
Surgeries are performed by using open, laparoscopy and robotic techniques.