Clinical Factors as a Component of the Personalized Treatment Approach to Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: a Systematic Literature Review.
J Gastrointest Cancer
; 49(1): 1-8, 2018 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-29110227
INTRODUCTION: Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed at late stages, where disease is either locally advanced unresectable or metastatic. Despite advances, long-term survival is relatively non-existent. DISCUSSION: This review article discusses clinical factors commonly encountered in practice that should be incorporated into the decision-making process to optimize patient outcomes, including performance status, nutrition and cachexia, pain, psychological distress, medical comorbidities, advanced age, and treatment selection. CONCLUSION: Identification and optimization of these clinical factors could make a meaningful impact on the patient's quality of life.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Medicina de Precisión
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gastrointest Cancer
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos