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Standard Treatment Palliative surgical bypass , bile drainage procedures (see "Palliation" section).
• Chemotherapy ( see Stages II and III ) and pain-relieving procedures are standard treatments. Clinical
chemotherapy trials should be considered.
• Combination chemotherapy with SMF (streptozocin + mitomycin-C + 5-fluorouracil), which has a 30 to 45
percent response rate, FAM (5-fluorouracil + doxorubicin + mitomycin-C) or 5-fluorouracil + leucovorin .
Three-Year Survival Less than 1 percent
Palliation Eighty percent of pancreatic cancer patients have jaundice caused by an obstruction. A
surgically created bypass from the gall bladder or the common bile duct to the intestine may be helpful.