Pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges

CJ Halbrook, CA Lyssiotis, MP di Magliano, A Maitra - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest cancers. Significant
efforts have largely defined major genetic factors driving PDAC pathogenesis and …

Neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer

C Springfeld, CR Ferrone, MHG Katz… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are best treated with
surgical resection of the primary tumour and systemic chemotherapy, which provides …

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy versus upfront surgery for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: long-term results of the Dutch randomized …

E Versteijne, JL van Dam, M Suker… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The benefit of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in resectable and borderline
resectable pancreatic cancer remains controversial. Initial results of the PREOPANC trial …

[HTML][HTML] Immediate surgery compared with short-course neoadjuvant gemcitabine plus capecitabine, FOLFIRINOX, or chemoradiotherapy in patients with borderline …

P Ghaneh, D Palmer, S Cicconi, R Jackson… - The lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma have
relatively low resection rates and poor survival despite the use of adjuvant chemotherapy …

Pancreatic cancer

JD Mizrahi, R Surana, JW Valle, RT Shroff - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Pancreatic cancer is a highly fatal disease with a 5-year survival rate of approximately 10%
in the USA, and it is becoming an increasingly common cause of cancer mortality. Risk …

Five-year outcomes of FOLFIRINOX vs gemcitabine as adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer: a randomized clinical trial

T Conroy, F Castan, A Lopez, A Turpin… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Early results at 3 years from the PRODIGE 24/Canadian Cancer Trials Group
PA6 randomized clinical trial showed survival benefits with adjuvant treatment with modified …

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy versus immediate surgery for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: results of the Dutch randomized phase III …

E Versteijne, M Suker, K Groothuis… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Preoperative chemoradiotherapy may improve the radical resection rate for
resectable or borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, but the overall benefit is unproven …

Multidisciplinary standards of care and recent progress in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

AJ Grossberg, LC Chu, CR Deig… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite tremendous gains in the molecular understanding of exocrine pancreatic cancer,
the prognosis for this disease remains very poor, largely because of delayed disease …

Capecitabine compared with observation in resected biliary tract cancer (BILCAP): a randomised, controlled, multicentre, phase 3 study

JN Primrose, RP Fox, DH Palmer, HZ Malik… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Despite improvements in multidisciplinary management, patients with biliary
tract cancer have a poor outcome. Only 20% of patients are eligible for surgical resection …

Pancreatic cancer: a review of current treatment and novel therapies

HM Kolbeinsson, S Chandana, GP Wright… - Journal of Investigative …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Pancreatic cancer is one of the leading causes for cancer-related deaths in the United
States. Majority of patients present with unresectable or metastatic disease. For those that …