Preoperative Imaging Evaluation after Downstaging of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Multi-Center Study.
Alessandro BeleùAngela CalabreseGiulio RizzoPaola CapelliNicolò BelliniSimona CaloggeroRoberto CalbiPaolo Tinazzi MartiniRiccardo De RobertisGiovanni CarbogninGiovanni MarchegianiAldo ScarpaRoberto SalviaClaudio BassiMirko D'OnofrioPublished in: Cancers (2019)
Imaging methods tend to underestimate PDAC resectability after neoadjuvant-CRT. IOA is poor to fair in evaluating most of the qualitative parameters of downstaged pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Surgery should be considered for downstaged borderline resectable PDACs, independently from perivascular cuff presence, especially for tumors smaller than 25 mm.