Current Value of Perioperative Therapies for Resectable or Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Invasive pancreatic ductal carcinoma is a representative refractory malignant tumor, and even with the development of early diagnosis and treatment techniques, the treatment outcome has been remarkably poor. Surgical resection is the curative treatment for resectable pancreatic cancer and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. However, the survival rate in patients with pancreatic cancer treated by resection alone is low because of the high postoperative recurrence rate. In this review article, we report recent studies on perioperative treatment for pancreatic cancer. Perioperative therapy is the addition of chemotherapy or radiation therapy before or after surgery to improve resectability and curative effects. Because it is difficult to cure redsecttable pancreatic cancer by surgery alo

SUBMITTER: Murakami Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203636 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature