Nursing for mid- to late-stage pancreatic cancer

Many patients are tortured physically and mentally by pancreatic cancer, which affects their normal life. The survival rate of patients treated at different stages will also be different. So what is the survival rate of mid-term pancreatic cancer? How should patients be cared for?

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Mid-term survival rate of pancreatic cancer In recent years, the incidence of pancreatic cancer has increased dramatically year by year around the world, and it has become one of the malignant tumors that cause human death. The overall 5-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer does not exceed 2%, and it has the worst prognosis among more than 60 malignant tumors. Although the imaging diagnosis technology of pancreatic cancer has made great progress in recent years, the overall prognosis has not changed significantly. A large amount of literature shows that the survival rate of pancreatic cancer is still around 5% 5 years after surgery. However, with the clinical application of high-tech imaging technology PET/CT for early detection of tumors, the survival rate of tumors has been greatly improved.

How to care for the patient:

The nursing care of pancreatic cancer mainly includes the following 4 aspects

1. Dietary precautions

When choosing food, you should focus on a diet that is nutritious, easy to digest, less irritating, and low in fat. Eat more foods containing carbohydrates, such as milk, fish, liver, egg white, fine flour products, lotus root powder, fruit juice, vegetable soup, and glutinous rice.

2. Daily life care

Maintain the regularity of daily life, get up, eat and move around on time, generally choose gentle activities, and increase outdoor activities appropriately. At the same time, you should calm your emotions and avoid being impatient or angry.

3. Psychological care

Pancreatic cancer patients should maintain a good mental state, build confidence in overcoming the disease, and adopt an optimistic attitude towards life. This is the key to the treatment and rehabilitation of pancreatic cancer patients. Mental factors play a major role in the occurrence, treatment, and recovery of pancreatic cancer.

Avoid overeating, binge drinking, and high-fat, spicy foods.

4. Other matters needing attention

Patients with bad habits such as drinking and smoking should quit and resolutely not get involved again.

The incidence of many diseases will change with the patient population. For patients with pancreatic cancer, pancreatic cancer treatment methods are of great help to the recovery of the disease. In daily life, attention should be paid to the treatment and prevention of pancreatic cancer, which will be of great help to the health of the body.

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