Management of Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2010 Apr 1;19(2):359-370, A Lal, K Christians, DB Evans

Abstract

Abstract

Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer is an emerging stage of disease defined by computed tomogrpahy criteria, patient (Katz type B), or disease characteristics (Katz type C). These patients are particularly well suited to a surgery-last strategy with induction therapy consisting of chemotherapy (gemcitabine alone or in combination) followed by chemoradiation. With appropriate selection and preoperative planning, many patients with borderline resectable disease derive clinical benefit from multimodality...

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