Impact of preoperative chemotherapy on surgical results in 139 patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
Marvin PetrikowskiTim FahlbuschAnke C Reinacher-SchickGiedre KucinskaiteAndrea TannapfelWaldemar UhlOrlin BelyaevPublished in: Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition (2024)
This study underlines that PCT allows resectability of primarily unresectable patients with LAPC without increasing perioperative mortality and morbidity. It may lead to a significant prolongation of recurrence-free and overall survival in resected patients after PCT.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- end stage renal disease
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- prognostic factors
- patients undergoing
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- radiation therapy
- phase ii study
- lymph node
- free survival
- peritoneal dialysis
- cardiac surgery
- clinical trial
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- patient reported outcomes
- liver metastases