Adjuvant chemoradiation for patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: an expirence of single institute

• Published in: Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 384 - 387
• Main Authors: Yazar, A, Ustüner, Z, Sakar, B, Kaytan Sağlam, E, Camlica, H, Aykan, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 2007
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - drug therapy; Adenocarcinoma - radiotherapy; Adenocarcinoma - therapy; Adult; Aged; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Oncology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - drug therapy; Pancreatic Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Pancreatic Neoplasms - therapy; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; Retrospective Studies; Survival Analysis; Treatment Outcome

Only a small percentage of patients with pancreatic cancer have limited disease suitable for curative resection. Even with surgery, patients often have poor long-term survival due to relapse of the disease. There are controversies about the adjuvant treatment of these patients. We reported the survi...