Adjuvant Therapy After Surgery Improved Survival Rates in Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Giving patients both radiation and chemotherapy after completely removing invasive pancreatic cancer may improve overall survival rates, according to researchers from Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.
Such finding has been reported by Michele Corsini, M.D., a radiation oncology resident in Rochester and the study’s lead author, at the recent 2007 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
- in patients who received concurrent radiation and chemotherapy following surgery: 50 percent survived two years and 28 percent surviving at least five years.
- in patients who did not receive additional therapy after surgery: 39% survived two years and 17 percent survived five years.
Currently, Mayo Clinic is using a treatment strategy for most patients that include a combination of radiation and chemotherapy after surgery.
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