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Pancreatic cancer is a disease with high mortality. It is predicted to become the second leading cause of cancer death in some regions of the world. Frequent diagnosis at an advanced stage contributes to 5-year survival at a highly unsatisfactory level of 2–9%. Due to the lack of early symptoms, nearly 80% of patients receive a diagnosis when distant metastases develop. So far, the most frequently used programs in the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer in the stage of neoplastic spreading include: FOLFIRINOX (oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, leucovorin), gemcitabine alone or in combination with nab-paclitaxel or erlotinib. Based on the results of the phase III study NAPOLI-1, liposomal irinotecan in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin (LV ) was approved as the first regimen for use in the second or subsequent line of therapy in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer previously treated with gemcitabine. This paper presents a case of a patient with advanced pancreatic cancer who was treated with two lines of chemotherapy – gemcitabine in combination with nab-paclitaxel and liposomal irinotecan with 5-FU/LV . The treatment was well tolerated and was considered a valuable therapeutic option. A 2-year overall survival was obtained from the diagnosis of the disease.
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Chronic pain syndrome (CPS), accompanying pancreatic diseases, especially chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer requires the strongest analgesic agents and is considered difficult to manage. Conservative methods are unsatisfactory and their side effects lead to serious somatic and mental comorbidities.The aim of the study was to perform an initial evaluation of videothoracoscopic bilateral splanchnicectomy using the posterior approach, as the method of treatment in cases of advanced pancreatic cancer.Material and methods. During the period between May and July 2005 there were 10 simultaneous bilateral videothoracoscopic splanchnicectomies (BVSPL) performed in patients with chronic pain syndrome, due to advanced pancreatic cancer, at the Department of General, Endocrinological and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Gdańsk.Results. All patients were discharged from the hospital on the second postoperative day. Subjective pain measured by the VAS scale changed from 84.3±7.6% before the operation to 25.3±5.3% during the first and second postoperative days. The median follow-up of patients was approximately 4 months (ranging between 2 and 6 months). The intensity of pain 2, 6, and 12 weeks after the procedure was 28.7±4.7%, 30.3±5.4% and 36.2±4.7%, respectively.Conclusions. This is the first description of this safe and feasible method in the Polish surgical literature. The surgical procedure can be safely performed in most surgical departments equipped with videoscopic instruments. Moreover, the short learning curve enables surgeons to perform this procedure well after a short training period. In combination with good results concerning subjective pain reduction, it can be concluded that BVSPL should be incorporated into the spectrum of surgical procedures in most surgical departments in Poland.
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