Adjuvant chemoradiation in pancreatic cancer: impact of radiotherapy dose on survival.

Alessio G MorgantiFrancesco CelliniMilly BuwengeAlessandra ArcelliSergio AlfieriFelipe A CalvoRiccardo CasadeiSavino CillaFrancesco DeodatoGiancarmine Di GioiaMariacristina Di MarcoLorenzo FuccioFederica BertiniAlessandra GuidoJoseph M HermanGabriella MacchiaBert W MaidmentRobert C MillerFrancesco MinniPaolo PassoniChiara ValentiniAlessia ReWilliam F RegineMichele ReniMassimo FalconiVincenzo ValentiniGian Carlo Mattiucci

Published in: BMC cancer (2019)

Increasing doses of CRT seems to favorably impact on OS in adjuvant setting. The conflicting results of randomized trials on adjuvant CRT in PDAC could be due to < 45 Gy dose generally used.

Keyphrases

early stage
locally advanced
cardiac resynchronization therapy
rectal cancer
left ventricular