Open AccessComplete pathological response following down-staging chemoradiation in locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Challenging the boundaries
Author(s) -
AJ Khan,
Pitsinis,
Satvinder Mudan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v13.i47.6433
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic cancer , malignancy , pathological , adenocarcinoma , radiation therapy , neoadjuvant therapy , oncology , cancer , disease , chemotherapy , pathological staging , breast cancer
Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive malignancy, relatively resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which usually presents late. Disease specific mortality approaches unity despite advances in adjuvant therapy. We present the first reported case of complete pathological response following neoadjuvant therapy in a locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.