Resection of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation does not depend on improved radiographic appearance of tumor-vessel relationships.
Avani S DholakiaAmy Hacker-PrietzAaron T WildSiva P RamanLaura D WoodPeng HuangDaniel A LaheruLei ZhengAna De Jesus-AcostaDung T LeRichard SchulickBarish EdilSusannah EllsworthTimothy M PawlikChristine A Iacobuzio-DonahueRalph H HrubanJohn L CameronElliot K FishmanChristopher L WolfgangJoseph M HermanPublished in: Journal of radiation oncology (2013)
Apparent radiographic extent of vascular involvement does not change significantly after NCRT. Patients without metastatic disease should be chosen for surgical exploration based on adequate performance status and lack of disease progression.