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臓がんは,臓がんである
Audrey Vincent1, Joseph Herman, Rich Schulick
1Department of Pathology, Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|May 31, 2011
まとめ
臓がんの1級親戚の早期スクリーニングは,非侵襲的前駆者を検出することができます. 臓がんの生存率は,発見が遅れて治療への反応が悪いため,依然として低いため,その生物学のより深い理解が必要である.
科学分野:
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
- 胃腸内科 胃腸内科
- 癌生物学 癌生物学について
背景:
- 臓がんの発生率と死亡率は上昇しており,他のがんの減少とは対照的です.
- 現在の5年生存率は約4%で,ほとんどの患者は進行した段階で診断されます.
- 外科的切除は唯一の治療法ですが,局所的な疾患 (15〜20%の症例) のみ実行可能です.
研究 の 目的:
- 臓がんの生物学的理解における最近の進歩をレビューする.
- 患者の管理とスクリーニング戦略の改善について議論する.
- 臓管内腺がんに対するより良い治療戦略の必要性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 臓がんの生物学と管理に関する現在の文献のレビュー.
- リスクの高い家族のスクリーニングプロトコルに関する議論.
- 治療結果と課題の分析.
主要な成果:
- 1級親戚のスクリーニングは,非侵襲的な前駆者を特定することができます.
- 臓がんは,化学療法への反応が悪い非常に致死性の悪性腫瘍であり続けている.
- 生物学的メカニズムを理解することは,結果を改善するために非常に重要です.
結論:
- ファミリースクリーニングによる早期発見は有望である.
- 進行した臓がんの治療には依然として大きな課題が残っています.
- 効果的な治療法の開発には,臓がんの基礎となる生物学に関するさらなる研究が不可欠です.
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