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Impact of neoadjuvant therapy on postoperative outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy

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Surgical resection provides the only potentially curative treatment of pancreatic cancer. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation (NAT) is used to downstage patients with borderline resectable tumors. The objective of this study… Click to show full abstract

Surgical resection provides the only potentially curative treatment of pancreatic cancer. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation (NAT) is used to downstage patients with borderline resectable tumors. The objective of this study was to examine the postoperative morbidity and mortality of NAT after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA).

Keywords: impact neoadjuvant; outcomes pancreaticoduodenectomy; neoadjuvant therapy; postoperative outcomes; therapy postoperative; oncology

Journal Title: Journal of Surgical Oncology
Year Published: 2018

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