Adjuvant therapy for margin positive pancreatic cancer: A propensity score matched analysis.
Pancreatology 2022;
22:396-400. [PMID:
35304103 DOI:
10.1016/j.pan.2022.03.008]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiation is often recommended for resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We sought to examine the impact of these therapies on R1 resected pancreatic cancer.
METHODS
Utilizing the National Cancer Database we identified patients who underwent pancreatic resection for adenocarcinoma. Patients were stratified by resection status and adjuvant therapy.
RESULTS
We identified 28,440 patients who underwent pancreatic resection. Patients with tumor size >2 cm were more likely to undergo R1 resections, p < 0.001. Adjuvant therapy improved survival in all patients with median and 5-year survival: adjuvant chemotherapy (21.7 months, 17.45%), chemoradiation (23.3 months, 20.9%) vs no adjuvant therapy (19.5 months, 19.1%), p < 0.001. In the R1 resection cohort survival was also improved with adjuvant therapy with chemoradiation demonstrating the most significant improvement: adjuvant chemotherapy (15.9 months, 6.5%), chemoradiation (18.7 months, 11.2%) vs no adjuvant therapy (12.5 months, 8.7%), p < 0.001. Chemoradiation but not adjuvant chemotherapy improved survival in the R1 node negative, p < 0.004, and node positive, p < 0.001. Adjuvant chemotherapy benefited survival in R1 node positive patients, p < 0.001.
CONCLUSIONS
Patients with pancreatic cancer who undergo R1 resection have significant improvement in survival when treated with adjuvant chemoradiation and adjuvant chemotherapy. However, benefits were greater in those receiving adjuvant chemoradiation.
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