Long-Term Progression-Free Survival in a Patient with Locally Advanced, Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is amongst the most lethal malignancies with dismal five-year survival rates. Surgical excision is the mainstay of therapy and unresectable disease is considered incurable. Herein, we describe a patient with unresectable, advanced stage pancreatic adenocarcinoma with a rema...

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Autores principales: Dyer, Brandon A, Kahn, Leonel A, Matin, Mahan, Bold, Richard J, Tanaka, Michael I, Monjazeb, Arta M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2015
Materias:
Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4725616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26824007
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.406
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Sumario:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is amongst the most lethal malignancies with dismal five-year survival rates. Surgical excision is the mainstay of therapy and unresectable disease is considered incurable. Herein, we describe a patient with unresectable, advanced stage pancreatic adenocarcinoma with a remarkable clinical course following definitive chemoradiotherapy.

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