Neoadjuvant chemoradiation and pancreaticoduodenectomy for initially locally advanced head pancreatic adenocarcinoma

O. Turrini (1) , F. Viret (1) , L. Moureau (1) , J. Guiramand (1) , V. Moutardier (1) , B. Lelong (1) , M. Giovannini (1, 2) , J.R. Delpero (1)

1 IPC - Institut Paoli-Calmettes
2 Radiotherapy

The most accepted treatment for locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma (LAPA) is chemoradiotherapy (CRT). We sought to determine the benefit of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) in patients with LAPA initially treated by neoadjuvant CRT.

Mots clés: pancreatic adenocarcinoma; locally advanced; neoadjuvant; chemoradiation

O. Turrini, F. Viret, L. Moureau, J. Guiramand, V. Moutardier, et al.. Neoadjuvant chemoradiation and pancreaticoduodenectomy for initially locally advanced head pancreatic adenocarcinoma. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2009, 35 (12), pp.1306. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2009.06.005⟩. ⟨hal-00556315⟩