Patient's question:
Doctor, hello. My mother felt some pain in her breast a few weeks ago, and she didn't know what was wrong. Later, after a thorough examination, the doctor recommended surgery. But is a prostate needle biopsy necessary for a patient with advanced pancreatic cancer?Doctor's answer:
The patient is a female without a prostate, making prostate needle biopsy impossible. The patient has late-stage pancreatic cancer. If diagnosed, needle biopsy may not be necessary. However, if the nature and degree of proliferation of the disease need to be diagnosed, a pancreatic tumor needle biopsy for pathological diagnosis is required. For late-stage pancreatic cancer, the primary treatment is palliative, such as chemotherapy. If jaundice reappears, it is necessary to use biliary decompression to address it.