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Chemotherapy| is the use of anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. It is one of the most commonly used treatments for pancreatic cancer. Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells.It is one of the most commonly used treatments for pancreatic cancer.It may be given: 1  after surgery to reduce the chance of the cancer coming back-this is known as adjuvant chemotherapy.hemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer Back to top. Gemcitabine is the most commonly used treatment. Sometimes a combination of three chemotherapy drugs called FOLFIRINOX may be given. Itâs made up of folinic acid (leucovorin) and the chemotherapy drugs fluorouracil (5FU), irinotecan and oxaliplatin.
Most pancreatic cancer begins in the cells that line the ducts of the pancreas. This type of cancer is called pancreatic adenocarcinoma or pancreatic exocrine cancer. Rarely, cancer can form in the hormone-producing cells or the neuroendocrine cells of the pancreas. These types of cancer are called islet cell tumors, pancreatic endocrine cancer and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.