Are We Sure that Adjuvant Chemotherapy is the Best Approach for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer? Are We in the Era of Neoadjuvant Treatment? A Review of Current Literature.

adjuvant chemotherapy neoadjuvant chemotherapy pancreatic cancer

Journal

Journal of clinical medicine
ISSN: 2077-0383
Titre abrégé: J Clin Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101606588

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 Nov 2019
Historique:
received: 17 09 2019
revised: 06 11 2019
accepted: 07 11 2019
entrez: 14 11 2019
pubmed: 14 11 2019
medline: 14 11 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The outcome of pancreatic cancer is poor, with a 9% 5-year survival rate. Current treatment recommendations in the 10%-20% of patients who present with resectable disease support upfront resection followed by adjuvant therapy. Until now, only early complete surgical (R0) resection and adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) with either FOLFIRINOX (5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin) or nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine have been shown to prolong the survival. However, up to 30% of patients do not receive adjuvant therapy because of the development of early recurrence, postoperative complications, comorbidities, and reduced performance status. The aims of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) are to identify rapidly progressing patients to avoid futile surgery, eliminate micrometastases, increase the feasibility of R0 resection, and ensure the completion of multimodal treatment. Neoadjuvant treatments are effective, but there is no consensus on their use in resectable pancreatic cancer (RPC) because of its lack of a survival benefit over adjuvant therapy. In this review, we analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the two therapeutic approaches in RPC. We need studies that compare the two approaches and can identify the appropriate sequence of adjuvant therapy after neoadjuvant treatment and surgery.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31717439
pii: jcm8111922
doi: 10.3390/jcm8111922
pmc: PMC6912693
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Authors declared no potential conflicts of interest.

Références

Pancreatology. 2015 Nov-Dec;15(6):667-73
pubmed: 26412296
Dig Surg. 2018;35(1):70-76
pubmed: 28482348
BMC Cancer. 2019 May 17;19(1):468
pubmed: 31101022
Ann Surg. 2014 Aug;260(2):372-7
pubmed: 24374509
N Engl J Med. 2004 Mar 18;350(12):1200-10
pubmed: 15028824
Acta Oncol. 2016;55(3):265-77
pubmed: 26213211
Pancreas. 2018 Jul;47(6):753-758
pubmed: 29771771
Lancet. 2001 Nov 10;358(9293):1576-85
pubmed: 11716884
Cancer. 2007 Sep 15;110(6):1227-34
pubmed: 17654662
N Engl J Med. 2018 Dec 20;379(25):2395-2406
pubmed: 30575490
JAMA. 2013 Oct 9;310(14):1473-81
pubmed: 24104372
BMJ Open. 2016 Mar 25;6(3):e010491
pubmed: 27016245
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2010 May;17(3):296-304
pubmed: 19809782
Ann Oncol. 2017 May 1;28(5):1117-1123
pubmed: 28327906
J Clin Oncol. 2011 Dec 1;29(34):4548-54
pubmed: 21969517
Ann Surg. 2019 Apr;269(4):733-740
pubmed: 29227344
Br J Cancer. 2009 Sep 15;101(6):908-15
pubmed: 19690548
J Am Coll Surg. 2007 Mar;204(3):347-55
pubmed: 17324767
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 May 14;:
pubmed: 31086963
Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Sep;21(9):2873-81
pubmed: 24770680
HPB (Oxford). 2009 Jun;11(4):282-9
pubmed: 19718354
BMC Cancer. 2011 Aug 10;11:346
pubmed: 21831266
Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 May;19(5):1644-62
pubmed: 22012027
Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2019 Feb 1;49(2):190-194
pubmed: 30608598
Lancet. 2017 Mar 11;389(10073):1011-1024
pubmed: 28129987
Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Jan;19(1):169-75
pubmed: 21761104
N Engl J Med. 2011 May 12;364(19):1817-25
pubmed: 21561347
J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jan;52(1):81-93
pubmed: 27169844
Ann Oncol. 2017 Nov 1;28(11):2786-2792
pubmed: 28945895
BMC Surg. 2017 Aug 25;17(1):94
pubmed: 28841916
Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 May;16(5):1231-40
pubmed: 19263172
Cell. 2012 Jan 20;148(1-2):362-75
pubmed: 22265421
Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Oct;22(11):3522-9
pubmed: 25694246
PLoS Med. 2010 Apr 20;7(4):e1000267
pubmed: 20422030
Ann Oncol. 2015 Sep;26 Suppl 5:v56-68
pubmed: 26314780
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2014 Apr;140(4):549-59
pubmed: 24370686
J Gastrointest Surg. 2015 Oct;19(10):1802-12
pubmed: 26224039
Pancreatology. 2019 Sep;19(6):850-857
pubmed: 31362865
Cancer Treat Rev. 2019 Jul;77:1-10
pubmed: 31163334
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2017 Jan;79(1):37-47
pubmed: 27878355
Surgery. 2011 Sep;150(3):466-73
pubmed: 21878232
Br J Surg. 2011 Feb;98(2):268-74
pubmed: 20960457
Surg Today. 2017 Jan;47(1):84-91
pubmed: 27262676
Lancet. 2016 Jul 16;388(10041):248-57
pubmed: 27265347
J Surg Oncol. 2016 Sep;114(3):291-5
pubmed: 27264017
Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Sep;94(39):e1647
pubmed: 26426657
BMC Cancer. 2018 Jul 24;18(1):762
pubmed: 30041614
Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jun;17(6):801-810
pubmed: 27160474
J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Jan;18(1):16-24; discussion 24-5
pubmed: 24241967
Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jun;15(6):333-348
pubmed: 29717230
World J Surg. 2009 Jan;33(1):104-10
pubmed: 19011933
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2016 Oct;42(10):1552-60
pubmed: 27570116
Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Nov;26(12):4108-4116
pubmed: 31313044
J Clin Oncol. 2014 Feb 20;32(6):504-12
pubmed: 24419109
World J Surg. 2014 Sep;38(9):2448-54
pubmed: 24752361
Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 13;9(1):4354
pubmed: 30867522
Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Jun;15(6):1651-60
pubmed: 18351300
Mol Clin Oncol. 2019 Aug;11(2):157-166
pubmed: 31281650
CA Cancer J Clin. 2018 Nov;68(6):394-424
pubmed: 30207593
BMC Cancer. 2018 Dec 29;18(1):1298
pubmed: 30594153
Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Dec;22 Suppl 3:S1212-20
pubmed: 26350368
Br J Cancer. 2016 Jul 26;115(3):290-6
pubmed: 27404453
World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Nov 28;22(44):9694-9705
pubmed: 27956793
Eur J Cancer. 2018 Oct;102:95-102
pubmed: 30149366
J Gastrointest Oncol. 2013 Jun;4(2):123-30
pubmed: 23730507
Am J Surg. 2016 Apr;211(4):787-92
pubmed: 26846177

Auteurs

Ester Oneda (E)

Department of Clinical Oncology, Fondazione Poliambulanza, 25124 Brescia, Italy.

Alberto Zaniboni (A)

Department of Clinical Oncology, Fondazione Poliambulanza, 25124 Brescia, Italy.

Classifications MeSH