Demographic and Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences During 2002-2013

This study includes all data from real charts of patients with a definitive diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, admitted to Ghaem, Imam Reza, and Omid hospitals from 2002 to 2013. All the data which were available in lab results, exams, and patient files, were used accordingly. Results: 348 pancreatic cancer patients entered the study. About 61.5% of the subjects were men. Mean age was 59.67±14.37 years. Main complaints were abdominal pain (42.53%), jaundice (13.79%) or both (37.07%). We found a positive history of cancer in the first-degree relatives of 3.7% of patients, with the most prevalent being gastric cancer (46.1%). Cigarette smoking (P
Source: Current Cancer Therapy Reviews - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research