Treatment of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-310

  Cooper, Amanda B ^a   Tzeng, Ching Wei D ^a   Katz, Matthew H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Borderline resectable; CA 19 9; Chemotherapy; Distal pancreatectomy, Pancreatectomy, Chemoradiation; FOLFIRINOX; Marginally resectable; Neoadjuvant therapy; Pancreas; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Venous reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CAPECITABINE; DALTEPARIN; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIARY DECOMPRESSION; BILIARY STENT; BLEEDING; BORDERLINE RESECTABLE PANCREATIC CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAMPTOTHECIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884210675     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: 15346277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-013-0244-6     Document Type: Article

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