Impact of network treatment in patients with resected pancreatic cancer on use and timing of chemotherapy and survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Centralization of pancreatic cancer surgery aims to improve postoperative outcomes. Consequently, patients with pancreatic cancer may undergo pancreatic surgery in an expert centre and adjuvant chemotherapy in a local hospital (network treatment). The aim of this study was to assess whether network treatment has an impact on time to chemotherapy, failure to complete adjuvant chemotherapy, and survival. Second, whether these parameters varied between pancreatic networks was studied.

Methods

This retrospective study included all patients diagnosed with non-metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who underwent pancreatic surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy, registered in the Netherlands Cancer Registry (2015-2020). Time to chemotherapy was defined as the time betwe

SUBMITTER: Hopstaken JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10165062 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature