Несмотря на достижения, связанные со снижением смертности от ряда злокачественных новообразований, до сих пор не получен прогресс в лечении рака поджелудочной железы. Смертность от этой локализации стоит на восьмом месте в мире у мужчин и на девятом – у женщин. Соотношение смертности и заболеваемости составляет 0,98, что свидетельствует о быстром и фатальном течении заболевания. Диагноз устанавливается на поздних стадиях, а медиана выживаемости составляет около 4,5–6 мес. Даже на ранних стадиях болезни 5-летняя выживаемость – всего 20% после оперативного лечения. Эрлотиниб утвержден FDA для применения в повседневной практике на основании результатов исследования (PA.3), которые продемонстрировали достоверное увеличение общей выживаемости. Схема «гемцитабин + эрлотиниб» считается стандартом лечения. Необходимо отметить, что данная комбинация должна использоваться в практической онкологии при местнораспространенном или диссеминированном раке поджелудочной железы.
Despite the advances associated with a reduction in deaths from a number of malignancies, there has been no progress in the treatment of pancreatic cancer so far. Its mortality ranks eighth among men and ninth among women worldwide. Mortality/morbidity ratio is 0,98, which suggests the rapid and fatal course of the disease. The diagnosis is established in its late stages and the median survival is about 4,5–6 months. The five-year survival even in the early stages of the disease is only 20% postoperatively. Erlotinib has been approved by the FDA for routine practice on the basis of the results of the study (PA.3), which have demonstrated a statistically significant increase in overall survival. The gemcitabine + erlotinib regimen is considered to be a standard treatment. It should be noted that this combination must be used in locally advanced or disseminated pancreatic cancer treatment.
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1 City Clinical Hospital Fifty-Seven, Moscow;
2 Federal Research and Clinical Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, Russian Agency for Health Care