Hospital Medicine

Gastrointestinal Cancers

Questions discussed in this category

How long should surgery be delayed in a patient with localized, resectable pancreatic cancer who developed acute pancreatitis following EUS guided biopsy?

And if delayed, should chemotherapy be started?

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How do you manage grade 3 enterocolitis from 5FU mitomycin and pelvic radiotherapy?

C diff infection ruled out and CT abdomen pelvis shows diffuse enterocolitis extending far beyond the bowel-sparing IMRT radiotherapy field.

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How would you manage a patient with anal squamous cell carcinoma and 5 FU induced coronary vasospasm 36 hours after starting definitive chemoradiation?

No known cardiac risk factors

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Papers discussed in this category

Clin Colorectal Cancer, 2018 Oct 10

Bolus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) In Combination With Oxaliplatin Is Safe and Well Tolerated in Patients Who Experienced Coronary Vasospasm With Infusional 5-FU or Capecitabine.

American journal of clinical oncology, 2023 Dec 22

Executive Summary of the American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria for Neoadjuvant Therapy for Nonmetastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Systematic Review and Guidelines.

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