Procedures and recommended times in the care process of the patient with pancreatic cancer: PAN-TIME consensus between scientific societies

• R. Vera ^[1] ; A. Ferrández ^[2] ; C. J. Ferrer ^[3] ; C. Flores ^[4] ; C. Joaquín ^[5] ; S. López ^[6] ; T. Martín ^[7] ; E. Martín ^[8] ; M. Marzo ^[9] ; A. Sarrión ^[10] ; E. Vaquero ^[11] ; A. Zapatero ^[12] ; J. Aparicio ^[1]
  1. [1] Spanish Society of Medical Oncology, Madrid
  2. [2] Spanish Society of Pathological Anatomy, Madrid
  3. [3] Spanish Society of Radiation Oncology, Madrid
  4. [4] Spanish Society of General and Family Physicians, Madrid
  5. [5] Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Madrid
  6. [6] Spanish Society of Surgical Oncology, Madrid
  7. [7] Spanish Society of Medical Radiology, Madrid
  8. [8] Spanish Association of Surgeons, Madrid
  9. [9] Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine, Madrid
  10. [10] Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians, Madrid
  11. [11] Spanish Association of Gastroenterology, Madrid
  12. [12] Spanish Society of Internal Medicine, Madrid

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• Localización: Clinical & translational oncology, ISSN 1699-048X, Vol. 19, Nº. 7, 2017, págs. 834-843
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Purpose Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a disease with bad prognosis. It is usually diagnosed at advanced stages and its treatment is complex. The aim of this consensus document was to provide recommendations by experts that would ameliorate PC diagnosis, reduce the time to treatment, and optimize PC management by interdisciplinary teams.

    Methods As a consensus method, we followed the modified Delphi methodology. A scientific committee of experts provided 40 statements that were submitted in two rounds to a panel of 87 specialists of 12 scientific societies.

    Results Agreement was reached for 39 of the 40 proposed statements (97.5%).

    Conclusions Although a screening of the asymptomatic population is not a feasible option, special attention to potential symptoms during primary care could ameliorate early diagnostic. It is especially important to decrease the period until diagnostic tests are performed. This consensus could improve survival in PC patients by decreasing the time to diagnose and time to treatment and by the implementation of multidisciplinary teams.