Prognostic factors in patients with locally advanced or borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: chemotherapy vs. chemoradiotherapy.
Seung-Seob KimSunyoung LeeHee Seung LeeSeungmin BangChang Moo KangPublished in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2020)
Enhancement pattern on CT was a common prognostic factor for patients with PDAC treated with either CTx or CRT. Presence of positive lymph nodes on CT was a poor prognostic factor for the CTx group only, whereas CA 19-9 > 1000 U/mL was a poor prognostic factor for the CRT group only.
Keyphrases
- prognostic factors
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- lymph node
- radiation therapy
- phase ii study
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- sentinel lymph node
- heart failure
- clinical trial
- escherichia coli
- left ventricular
- early stage
- study protocol
- liver metastases