Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39237168›Full record

ReviewThe Surgical clinics of North America2024

Surgical Palliation for Advanced Pancreas Cancer.

Caitlin S Jacobs, Dominic J Vitello, Akhil Chawla

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Review in The Surgical clinics of North America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Caitlin S JacobsDepartment of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 420 East Superior Street, Suite 9-900, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Dominic J VitelloDepartment of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 420 East Superior Street, Suite 9-900, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Akhil ChawlaDepartment of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 420 East Superior Street, Suite 9-900, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Arkes Family Pavilion, 676 North Saint Clair Street, Suite 6-096, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: Akhil.Chawla@nm.org.

Funding

Surgical Multispecialty Access to Research in Residency Training (SMART)R38CA245095 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KHAN, SEEMA AHSAN · 2021 to 2024
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS R38 CA245095
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To provide optimal care in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, involvement of palliative medicine and nutritional support is recommended. Advances in endoscopy have resulted in robust options for biliary and gastrointestinal stenting for relief of obstruction. Notwithstanding, surgical hepaticojejunostomy and gastrojejunostomy remain incontrovertible considerations for biliary obstruction and gastric outlet obstruction, respectively. For PDAC-associated pain, opioid therapy continues to be the mainstay. However, refractory pain may be treated with interventional procedures such as celiac or splanchnic nerve blocks or neurolysis. In patients with PDAC, enteral nutrition can be further complicated by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, which should be treated with oral pancreatic enzyme supplementation.

Indexed as

Palliative CarePancreatic NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalHumansStentsBiliary obstructionEndoscopyGastric outlet obstructionNutritionPain managementPalliative medicinePancreatic cancer

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PMID39237168
PMCPMC11377866

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