Palliative Therapy

Palliative therapy can improve the patient's quality of life by controlling the symptoms and complications of pancreatic cancer.

Palliative therapy for pancreatic cancer may include:

• palliative surgery or stent placement to bypass blocked areas in ducts or the small intestine
• palliative radiation therapy to help relieve pain by shrinking the tumor
• an injection of medicine to help relieve pain by blocking nerves in the abdomen
• other palliative medical care alone

Learn more about these treatments in the Treatment Option Overview.

Use our clinical trial search to find NCI-supported cancer clinical trials that are accepting patients. You can search for trials based on the type of cancer, the age of the patient, and where the trials are being done. General information about clinical trials is also available.