BACKGROUND: The prognosis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer remains very poor. This study was designed to evaluate palliative pancreatic resection with postoperative gemcitabine chemotherapy. METHODS: A total of 127 patients underwent palliative pancreatectomy or palliative nonresectable treatment with gemcitabine at Kobe University Hospital and were analyzed. RESULTS: The median survival of patients receiving palliative pancreatectomy with gemcitabine was 15 months, and the 1- and 3-year survival rates were 60% and 13%, respectively, while that of patients receiving gemcitabine alone was only 8 months, and their 1- and 3-year survival rates were 26% and 0%. Multivariate analysis showed that gemcitabine was the strongest factor in survival, and no distant metastasis and pancreatectomy were also significant factors. In addition, the median survival of patients undergoing microscopically incomplete resection with gemcitabine was 22 months, and the 1- and 3-year survival rates were 60% and 40%. Pancreatectomy with gemcitabine improved the performance status 3 months after surgery, with longer survival compared with the gemcitabine alone group. CONCLUSIONS: Microscopically incomplete pancreatectomy with postoperative gemcitabine chemotherapy has a possible role in advanced pancreatic cancer.
BACKGROUND: The prognosis of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer remains very poor. This study was designed to evaluate palliative pancreatic resection with postoperative gemcitabine chemotherapy. METHODS: A total of 127 patients underwent palliative pancreatectomy or palliative nonresectable treatment with gemcitabine at Kobe University Hospital and were analyzed. RESULTS: The median survival of patients receiving palliative pancreatectomy with gemcitabine was 15 months, and the 1- and 3-year survival rates were 60% and 13%, respectively, while that of patients receiving gemcitabine alone was only 8 months, and their 1- and 3-year survival rates were 26% and 0%. Multivariate analysis showed that gemcitabine was the strongest factor in survival, and no distant metastasis and pancreatectomy were also significant factors. In addition, the median survival of patients undergoing microscopically incomplete resection with gemcitabine was 22 months, and the 1- and 3-year survival rates were 60% and 40%. Pancreatectomy with gemcitabine improved the performance status 3 months after surgery, with longer survival compared with the gemcitabine alone group. CONCLUSIONS: Microscopically incomplete pancreatectomy with postoperative gemcitabine chemotherapy has a possible role in advanced pancreatic cancer.
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