Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic carcinoma is a common pancreatic tumor. It is a malignant tumor of the digestive tract with a high degree of malignancy and difficult to diagnose and treat. About 90% of them are ductal adenocarcinomas that originate from the epithelium of the ducts. Its morbidity and mortality have increased significantly in recent years. The 5-year survival rate is 1%, which is one of the worst prognostic malignancies. The early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is not high, the surgical mortality is high, and the cure rate is low. The incidence of this disease is higher in men than in women, with a male to female ratio of 1.5 to 2: 1. Male patients are far more common than premenopausal women. Postmenopausal women have a similar incidence to men.

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