For elderly patients with pancreatic cancer, treatment should aim for stability while striving for success

Pancreatic cancer, known as the "king of cancers," is a tumor with extremely poor prognosis in clinical practice. The occurrence of pancreatic cancer is closely related to unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking, drinking, high-fat and high-protein diets, excessive coffee consumption, and genetic factors. Recent studies have shown that the incidence rate of pancreatic cancer in diabetic patients is significantly higher than that in the general population. Because there are usually no symptoms in the early stages, it is difficult to detect early, and often by the time it is diagnosed, metastasis has already occurred. As the disease progresses, tumor compression can cause symptoms such as jaundice and gastrointestinal bleeding.

2. The patient developed postoperative peritoneal and pelvic effusion, which is considered to be caused by surgery.

3. The patient's routine follow-up after chemotherapy revealed suspicious signals in the residual pancreas and right lobe of the liver. Combined with the elevated tumor marker levels, the possibility of disease progression in the patient has increased.

4. Currently, the patient has no clear signs of recurrence or metastasis. To prevent this, NKT cell therapy can effectively function in cases with low tumor burden. NKT cells can kill residual tumor cells, prevent the aggregation of free cancer cells, and effectively reduce the risk of metastasis and recurrence.