Pancreatic metastases from uterine cervix tumors – diagnostic challenge and therapeutic options

Abstract

Pancreatic metastases represent rare eventualities, being more frequently encountered in colorectal, ovarian or breast cancer, other primaries being usually reported more often in autopsy studies. When it comes to cervical cancer, it usually is responsible for the development of local recurrences, lymphatic recurrences or hematogenous metastases in lungs. The aim if the current paper is to discuss about the possibility of developing pancreatic metastases from cervical cancer and to analyze the most efficient therapeutic strategies in such cases.