Long-Term Survival in Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma of Intestinal Type

<b>Introduction and Literature Review:</b> Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed in an advanced/metastatic stage, as it is a very aggressive type of cancer. The prognosis of pancreatic cancer is extremely unfavorable. The mean survival rate for patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma is 3-6 months. Stage IV pancreatic cancer has a five-year survival rate of 1.3% to 13%. This article presents recent data regarding the oncologic management of metastatic pancreatic cancer. <b>Case presentation:</b> We present the case of a female patient who was 49 years old at the time of diagnosis, in June 2021. The patient was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic neoplasm (due to liver metastases). The diagnosis was made by histopathological and immunohistochemical examination, which corroborated imaging investigations. The patient underwent four lines of chemotherapy between July 2021 and July 2024, undergoing partial response to the disease. The patient is a long-term survivor of metastatic pancreatic cancer (3 years in July 2024). <b>Discussions:</b> the peculiarity of this case is long-term survival (3 years and a month at the date when this article is being written) in a patient with pancreatic cancer and liver metastases. <b>Conclusions:</b> histopathological type, good performance status, CEA, and CA tumor markers 19.9 within normal limits may be favorable prognostic factors for long-term survival in metastatic pancreatic carcinoma.

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Journal of Clinical Medicine
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2024-08-25
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https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13175034
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Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
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<b>Introduction and Literature Review:</b> Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed in an advanced/metastatic stage, as it is a very aggressive type of cancer. The prognosis of pancreatic cancer is extremely unfavorable. The mean survival rate for patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma is 3-6 months. Stage IV pancreatic cancer has a five-year survival rate of 1.3% to 13%. This article presents recent data regarding the oncologic management of metastatic pancreatic cancer. <b>Case presentation:</b> We present the case of a female patient who was 49 years old at the time of diagnosis, in June 2021. The patient was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic neoplasm (due to liver metastases). The diagnosis was made by histopathological and immunohistochemical examination, which corroborated imaging investigations. The patient underwent four lines of chemotherapy between July 2021 and July 2024, undergoing partial response to the disease. The patient is a long-term survivor of metastatic pancreatic cancer (3 years in July 2024). <b>Discussions:</b> the peculiarity of this case is long-term survival (3 years and a month at the date when this article is being written) in a patient with pancreatic cancer and liver metastases. <b>Conclusions:</b> histopathological type, good performance status, CEA, and CA tumor markers 19.9 within normal limits may be favorable prognostic factors for long-term survival in metastatic pancreatic carcinoma.

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