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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2022

Neoadjuvant therapy in resectable pancreatic cancer: A promising curative method to improve prognosis.

Hao-Qi Zhang, Jing Li, Chun-Lu Tan, Yong-Hua Chen, Zhen-Jiang Zheng, Xu-Bao Liu

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Review in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Hao-Qi ZhangDepartment of Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
Jing LiDepartment of Operating Room/West China School of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
Chun-Lu TanDepartment of Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. chunlutan@163.com.
Yong-Hua ChenDepartment of Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
Zhen-Jiang ZhengDepartment of Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
Xu-Bao LiuDepartment of Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, 15 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been designed to investigate whether neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) benefits patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma (R-PA) compared to surgery alone. Five of them have acquired results so far; however, corresponding conclusions have not been obtained. We speculated that the reason for this phenomenon could be that some prognostic factors had proven to be adverse through upfront surgery curative patterns, but some of them were not regarded as independent baseline characteristics, which is important to obtaining comparability between the NAT and upfront surgery groups. This fact could cause bias and lead to the difference in the outcomes of RCTs. In this review, we collate data about risk factors (such as tumor size, resection margin, and lymph node status) influencing the prognoses of patients with R-PA from five RCTs and discuss the possible reasons for the varying outcomes.

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Neoadjuvant therapyPancreatic cancerPrognosisResectable

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PMID36310705
PMCPMC9611436

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