Role of neoadjuvant therapy in management of pancreatic cancer

JOP. 2014 Jul 28;15(4):354-7. doi: 10.6092/1590-8577/2695.

Abstract

Surgery remains the only curative treatment for pancreatic cancer; however, majority of patients present with advanced unresectable disease upon diagnosis. Treatment of nonmetastatic, locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) continues to require multidisciplinary bimodality or trimodality approach. Neoadjuvant therapies have been investigated for LAPC given its established role in other solid cancers such as breast cancer, gastric cancer, and rectal cancer. This strategy is now moving forward to management of potentially resectable disease as well. This meeting highlight focuses on recent updates on neoadjuvant therapy for both borderline resectable disease and potentially resectable disease, Abstracts #4120, #e15189, #e15226 and #TPS4158 will be discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Albumins / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Capecitabine
  • Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives
  • Gemcitabine
  • Humans
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / administration & dosage
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • 130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxel
  • Albumins
  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Capecitabine
  • Paclitaxel
  • Fluorouracil
  • Gemcitabine