Evaluation of Treatment Outcome and Acute Toxicity in Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Therapy in Ductal Carcinoma Pancreas: A Prospective Observational Study
Pancreatic cancer is the eleventh most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and is the seventh leading cause of cancer-related death. It can arise from both exocrine (95%) and endocrine portion (5%) of the pancreatic gland. The most common histology is ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, which accounts for around 80% of all pancreatic cancers, while 65% of the cases arise in the pancreatic head, 15% in the body or tail, and 20% involve the gland diffusely.