The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
2. Patients must be deemed unresectable due to involvement of important vasculature, adjacent organ invasion, presence of metastasis, or other medical condition making surgical resection unfavorable.
3. Life expectancy of \>3 months.
4. Karnofsky performance status \>50%.
5. Patients must have adequate clotting and coagulation function (platelet \> 100k; INR\<1.4).
6. Able and willing to sign a written informed consent.
You may not be if
1. Patients receiving anticoagulation therapy.
2. Steroids or immunosuppressing agent dependant status
3. Patients who have received prior gemcitabine or radiation therapy in the past 4 weeks
4. Ongoing infection
5. Pregnancy or breast-feeder
6. Other concurrent diseases including other malignancy,psychiatric illness,heart, lung and renal disfunctions
7. Massive ascites
8. Decision of unsuitableness by principal investigator or physician-in-charge
