SEOM Clinical Guideline for the treatment of pancreatic cancer (2016).

Related Articles

SEOM Clinical Guideline for the treatment of pancreatic cancer (2016).

Clin Transl Oncol. 2016 Dec;18(12):1172-1178

Authors: Vera R, Dotor E, Feliu J, González E, Laquente B, Macarulla T, Martínez E, Maurel J, Salgado M, Manzano JL

Abstract
Pancreatic cancer remains an aggressive disease with a 5 year survival rate of 5%. Only 15% of patients with pancreatic cancer are eligible for radical surgery. Evidence suggests a benefit on survival with adjuvant chemotherapy (gemcitabine o fluourouracil) after R1/R0 resection. Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy is also a valid option in patients with positive margins. Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer is defined as the involvement of the mesenteric vasculature with a limited extension. These tumors are technically resectable, but with a high risk of positive margins. Neoadjuvant treatment represents the best option for achieving an R0 resection. In advanced disease, two new chemotherapy treatment schemes (Folfirinox or Gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel) have showed improvements in overall survival compared with gemcitabine alone. Progress in pancreatic cancer treatment will require a better knowledge of the molecular biology of this disease, focusing on personalized cancer therapies in the near future.

PMID: 27896637 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://ift.tt/2kWlMax