pancreatic cancer - what's new in its research and treatment
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If there was a competition of the most aggressive and complicated cancer types, pancreatic cancer will definitely take the lead. It has been one of the leading causes of cancer-related-deaths. The reason; rapid disease progression, invasive tumor phenotypes, and resistance to all kinds of treatments. In fact, there was no respite from this cancer type until recently where some developments suggest that there is a silver lining behind the cloud of pancreas cancer.
Brilliant minds from around the world had come up with unique concepts and theories that is now helping in learning about the cancer from its roots. The following points discuss the early detection of the cause of pancreas cancer and the various new pancreatic cancer treatments that might be adopted.
Detecting the cancer in its pre-cancerous stages
Researchers are now claiming that pancreatic cancer in not acquired instantly, but over years of development. Known as Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia or PanIN, this is the term that defines the course of the genetic structure of the pancreatic cells. In the early stages or PanIN 1, the cells of the pancreas and the number of genes might be quite normal. Overtime, during PanIN 2 and PanIN 3, abnormalities appear in the genetic structure and the duct cells also start taking an unusual shape.
Development of new diagnostic tests are under process to detect this non-inherited gene change that cause cells in the pancreas become cancerous.
This recent improvements in technology and research gives oncologists a better understanding on the early detection of genetic changes in pancreatic cancer pre-cancerous conditions. By detecting the stages of DNA changes, new treatments are being designed that will recognize the exact point of change so that they can remove the cancer cells when it is at its weakest.
Treatment
The tumor in the pancreas is surrounded by a dense supporting tissue that acts as a barrier against all kinds of treatments. It is seldom responsive to chemotherapy and surgery to remove the tumor is sometimes considered out of the equation because of the long incision made in the belly.
Efforts are being made to standardize non-invasive and alternative pancreatic cancer treatments. They have proven to be more useful than the current methods and have fewer side-effects too. Doctors and researchers from all over the world are, therefore, focusing on developing this area of research than finding better chemo drugs. New treatments that use a combination of sound and light to shrink tumors are slowly getting acclaimed as well.
CancerTherapies.cc is a highly renowned center of cancer treatment in China. The treatment center is known for its high success rate of last-stage pancreatic cancer treatments.
But, with an increase in understanding the nature of this cancer development, various new and alternative cancer treatments are started to get considered. A better knowledge of the behavior of these cancer cells give doctors the freedom to exploit the options they have.
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