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Early versus delayed initiation of adjuvant treatment for pancreatic cancer.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive tumor showing a tendency for early recurrence, even after curative resection. Although adjuvant treatment improves survival, it is unclear whether early adjuvant treatment initiation yields better outcomes in patients with PDAC.

Methods

We retrospectively enrolled 113 patients who underwent chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy after curative resection of PDAC: Fifty-six and 57 patients were in the early and delayed groups, respectively based on the median time of treatment initiation (35 days [range, 20-83 days]).

Results

Patient baseline characteristics were comparable in both groups, except for grade III or IV postoperative complications (5.4% in the early group vs. 22.8% in the delayed group). With a median 20.3-month follow-up, the overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) times were 29.5 and 14.7 months, respectively. The early group had significantly prolonged OS (39.1 vs. 21.1 months, p = 0.018) and DFS (18.8 vs. 10.0 months, p = 0.034), compared to the delayed group. Among 71 patients who completed planned adjuvant treatment, patients in the early group tended to have longer, though not statistically significant, OS and DFS times than those in the delayed group. In 67 patients without postoperative complications, patients in the early group had longer OS (42.8 vs. 20.5 months, p = 0.002) and DFS (19.6 vs. 9.1 months, p = 0.005) than those in the delayed group. By multivariate analysis, incompletion of treatment (hazard ratio [HR]: 4.039, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.334-6.992), delayed treatment initiation (HR: 1.822, 95% CI: 1.081-3.070), and positive angiolymphatic invasion (HR: 2.116, 95% CI: 1.160-3.862) were significantly associated with shorter OS.

Conclusions

Adjuvant treatment should be delivered earlier and completed for better outcomes in resected PDAC patients, especially without postoperative complications.

SUBMITTER: Kim HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5354454 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Early versus delayed initiation of adjuvant treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Kim Hyoung Woo HW   Lee Jong-Chan JC   Lee Jongchan J   Kim Jin Won JW   Kim Jaihwan J   Hwang Jin-Hyeok JH  

PloS one 20170316 3


<h4>Background</h4>Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive tumor showing a tendency for early recurrence, even after curative resection. Although adjuvant treatment improves survival, it is unclear whether early adjuvant treatment initiation yields better outcomes in patients with PDAC.<h4>Methods</h4>We retrospectively enrolled 113 patients who underwent chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy after curative resection of PDAC: Fifty-six and 57 patients were in the early and del  ...[more]

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