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<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1029-30192022000400003</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización clinicoepidemiológica de pacientes con cáncer de páncreas en un servicio de cirugía general]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical epidemiological characterization of patients with pancreas cancer in a general surgery service]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valón Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oriol]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lubín García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romaguera Barroso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Danilo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lázaro Ibrahim]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Provincial Docente Saturnino Lora  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000400003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000400003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192022000400003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  El cáncer de páncreas constituye una de las neoplasias de peor pronóstico debido a su diagnóstico tardío.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar a los pacientes con cáncer de páncreas según variables clinicoepidemiológicas y exámenes complementarios.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal de 70 pacientes con cáncer de páncreas, egresados del Servicio de Cirugía General del Hospital Provincial Docente Saturnino Lora de Santiago de Cuba durante el periodo 2016-2020. Se estudiaron las variables: edad, sexo, factores de riesgo, enfermedades asociadas, manifestaciones clínicas y exámenes complementarios.  Resultados:  Predominaron el sexo masculino ( 54,2 %), las edades comprendidas de entre 51- 70 años, la ingestión de comidas grasas y los hábitos tabáquico y alcohólico como factores de riesgo; el alcoholismo crónico, la diabetes mellitus y la hipertensión arterial como enfermedades asociadas más comunes, así como el síndrome general, la ictericia y la coluria entre las manifestaciones clínicas más frecuentes. Por su parte, según los estudios imagenológicos, la mayoría de los afectados se diagnosticaron mediante tomografía computarizada y ecografía abdominal (94,3 y 70,0 %, respectivamente).  Conclusiones:  La tomografía computarizada multicorte es la técnica de imagen de elección recomendada por las guías de consenso internacional. Si bien el informe radiográfico es clave para la toma de decisiones posteriores, existen circunstancias del paciente que pueden afectarlas, tales como edad, factores de riesgo, manifestaciones clínicas y comorbilidad, entre otras.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The pancreas cancer constitutes one of the neoplasms with worse prognosis due to its late diagnosis.  Objective:  To characterize patients with pancreas cancer according to clinical epidemiological variables and complementary exams.  Methods:  An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of 70 patients with pancreas cancer was carried out, who were discharged from the General Surgery Service of Saturnino Lora Teaching Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba during 2016-2020. The variables studied were: age, sex, risk factors, associated diseases, signs and symptoms and complementary exams.  Results:  There was a prevalence of the male sex (54.2 %), the 51-70 age group, the ingestion of fatty foods and nicotine addiction and alcoholism as risk factors, the chronic alcoholism, diabetes mellitus and hypertension as more common associated diseases, as well as the general syndrome, jaundice and coluria among the most frequent signs and symptoms. On the other hand, according to the imaging studies, most of those affected were diagnosed by means of computerized axial tomography and abdominal echography (94.3 and 70.0 %, respectively).  Conclusions:  The multiscan computerized axial tomography is the image technique of election recommended by the guides of international consent. The radiographic report is the key for later decisions making but there are circumstances of the patient that can affect them, such as age, risk factors, signs and symptoms and comorbidity, among others.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cáncer de páncreas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[comorbilidades]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diagnóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[epidemiología]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pancreas cancer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[comorbidities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diagnosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[epidemiology]]></kwd>
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