Main description:

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of pancreatic cancer. The text presents new data about risk factors and genetic predisposition for pancreatic cancer, highlights current screening strategies and preliminary results, and reviews diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer, with a focus on imaging evaluations, laparoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsies, and biomarkers. The book also spotlights emerging paradigms in pancreatic cancer management, such as minimally invasive surgical approaches and emerging radiation approaches, and provides valuable insight into the role of nutrition and early integration of supportive/palliative care for pancreatic cancer patients.
Written by experts in the field, Pancreatic Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach is an invaluable resource for physicians and researchers with an interest in pancreatic cancer.

Contents:

1. Pancreatic Cancer at a Glance

2. Risk Factors and Genetic Predisposition

3. Pancreatic Cancer and Diabetes Mellitus

4. Pancreatic Cancer Screening

I. Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Cancer

5. Imaging Evaluations: Pancreatic Protocol CT and MRI, PET-CT

6. Laparoscopy

7. Role of Gastroenterologists: Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), EUS-guided Biopsy

8 . Role of Ca 19-9 in Diagnosis/Staging and Management

II. Management of Locally Advanced/ Metastatic Disease

9. Medical Oncology

10. Radiation Oncology

III. Management of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Disease

11. Surgery

12. Medical Oncology

13. Radiation Oncology

IV. Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms

14. Jaundice/Biliary Obstruction: ERCP/EUS BD

15. Gastric Outlet Obstruction: Antroduodenal Stenting, Venting PEG, EUS-guided Gastrojejunostomy

16. Pain Control: Celiac Plexus Neurolysis

V. Emerging Paradigms in Pancreatic Cancer

17. Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches

18. EUS-Guided Local Therapies

19. Imaging Based Biomarkers for Pancreatic Cancer

20. Liquid Biopsies in Pancreatic Cancer

21. Molecular Profiling and Precision Medicine for Pancreatic Cancer

22. The Prospects of Immunotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer

23. Microbiome in Pancreatic Cancer

24. Early Drug Development in Pancreatic Cancer

25. Mechanisms and Evidence on Pancreatic Cancer Prevention

26. Nutrition in Pancreatic Cancer

27. Prioritizing the Patient Experience: Early Integration of Supportive/Palliative Care in Pancreatic Cancer Management

28. Patient Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life

29. Alternative/Integrative Medicine in Pancreatic Cancer