Postoperative Proton Radiotherapy With Chemo for Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out what effects, good and/or bad, proton radiation combined with chemotherapy has on resected pancreatic cancer.

Timeline

Start

2011-10

Primary completion

2017-08-31

Completion

2017-08-31

Publications

• Background Tepper J, Nardi G, Sutt H. Carcinoma of the pancreas: review of MGH experience from 1963 to 1973. Analysis of surgical failure and implications for radiation therapy. Cancer. 1976 Mar;37(3):1519-24. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197603)37:33.0.co;2-o.
• Background Gudjonsson B. Cancer of the pancreas. 50 years of surgery. Cancer. 1987 Nov 1;60(9):2284-303. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19871101)60:93.0.co;2-v.
• Background Regine WF, Winter KA, Abrams RA, Safran H, Hoffman JP, Konski A, Benson AB, Macdonald JS, Kudrimoti MR, Fromm ML, Haddock MG, Schaefer P, Willett CG, Rich TA. Fluorouracil vs gemcitabine chemotherapy before and after fluorouracil-based chemoradiation following resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008 Mar 5;299(9):1019-26. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.9.1019.
• Background Hattangadi et al Cancer 8/15/2009 p 3640-3650
• Background Nichols RC Jr, Huh SN, Prado KL, Yi BY, Sharma NK, Ho MW, Hoppe BS, Mendenhall NP, Li Z, Regine WF. Protons offer reduced normal-tissue exposure for patients receiving postoperative radiotherapy for resected pancreatic head cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 May 1;83(1):158-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.05.045. Epub 2012 Jan 13.
• Background Kalser MH, Ellenberg SS. Pancreatic cancer. Adjuvant combined radiation and chemotherapy following curative resection. Arch Surg. 1985 Aug;120(8):899-903. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1985.01390320023003.
• Background Klinkenbijl JH, Jeekel J, Sahmoud T, van Pel R, Couvreur ML, Veenhof CH, Arnaud JP, Gonzalez DG, de Wit LT, Hennipman A, Wils J. Adjuvant radiotherapy and 5-fluorouracil after curative resection of cancer of the pancreas and periampullary region: phase III trial of the EORTC gastrointestinal tract cancer cooperative group. Ann Surg. 1999 Dec;230(6):776-82; discussion 782-4. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199912000-00006.
• Background Van Laethem JL, Van Cutsem E, Hammel P, Mornex F, Azria D, Van Tienhoven G, Peeters M, Praet M, Budach V, Haustermans K et al. Adjuvant chemotherapy alone vs. chemoradiation after curative resection for pancreatic cancer: phase II/III trial of the EORTC/FFCD/GERCOR groups.

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