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  1. Standard Treatment  Palliative surgical bypass , bile drainage procedures (see "Palliation" section).
  2. ‚Ä¢ Chemotherapy ( see Stages II and III ) and pain-relieving procedures are standard treatments. Clinical
  3.   chemotherapy trials should be considered.
  4. ‚Ä¢ Combination chemotherapy with SMF (streptozocin + mitomycin-C + 5-fluorouracil), which has a 30 to 45
  5.   percent response rate, FAM (5-fluorouracil + doxorubicin + mitomycin-C) or 5-fluorouracil + leucovorin .
  6.  
  7. Three-Year Survival  Less than 1 percent 
  8.  
  9.                Palliation  Eighty percent of pancreatic cancer patients have jaundice caused by an obstruction. A
  10.                surgically created bypass from the gall bladder or the common bile duct to the intestine may be helpful.