General Features of Pancreatic Cancer Patients and Survival Results

Year 2007, Volume: 40 Issue: 1, 14 - 18, 01.04.2007

Vahide Işıl Uğur Nadi Özdamar Şakire Pınar Kara Bülent Küçükplakçı Yeşim Elgin Cem Mısırlıoğlu Aytül Özgen Ergun Sanrı Tijen Yörükoğlu Taciser Demirkasımoğlu

Abstract

Ankara Onkoloji Hastanesi Radyasyon Onkolojisi Kliniğine 1 Ocak 2000-31 Aralık 2005 tarihleri arasında başvuran 43 pankreas kanserli hasta retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. Hastalar; genel özellikleri ve sağkalım sonuçlan açısından incelendi. Hastaların median yaşı 56 (min 38-maks 78 ), erkek/kadın oranı 3.3/1 olarak bulundu. En sık rastlanan tümör histopatolojisi adenokarsinom idi. Kliniğimize en çok T3 ve T4 hastalar başvurmuştu. Tümör en çok pankreas başında lokalize idi. Kırk üç hastanın 21'i öpere, 22'si inopere idi. inopere olanlardan 9'u paiyatif, 9'u küratif amaçla ışınlanmıştı. Tüm grupta 1, 2, 3 yıllık sağkalımlar sırasıyla %56, %34, %20 ve median sağkalım 14 ay olarak bulundu. Pankreas kanserinin tedavisinde yeni tedavi yaklaşımlarına gerek olduğu sonucuna ulaşıldı.

Keywords

Pankreas kanseri, radyoterapi.

Pankreas Kanserli Hastalarımızın Genel Özellikleri ve Sağkalım Sonuçları

Abstract

Fourty-three patients with pancreatic cancer treated at Radiation Oncology Department of Ankara Oncology Hospital between January 2000-December 2005 were revieved retrospectively. Median age of the patients were 56 (betvveen 38 and 78). Male/female ratio was 3.3/1. Adenocarcinoma was the most common histology. Most ofthem were T3 or T4 tumors. Head of the pancreas was the most common site. Twenty-one patients were operated, 22 patients were inoperable. Among inoperabie patients 9 of them were irradiated for curative purpose, 9 were irradiated for paliation. Overall 1, 2, 3 years survival rates were 56%, 34%, 20% respectively and the median survival time was 14 months. İn conciusion, pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis and there is a need for new treatment modalities.

Keywords

Pancreatic cancer, radiotherapy.

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