Alexander Gluth1, Jens Werner1, Werner Hartwig2. 1. Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery, LMU University Hospital, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, Munich, Germany. 2. Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery, LMU University Hospital, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, Munich, Germany. werner.hartwig@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Despite all improvements in tumor diagnostics and treatment, pancreatic cancer is still the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the Western world. It is mostly diagnosed at a locally advanced or metastasized stage because of the lack of early symptoms. A radical margin-free surgical resection offers the only potential cure for locoregional disease. Over the last decades, several surgical strategies and techniques have evolved to optimize oncologic radical resections and thus to improve long-term outcome of patients. PURPOSE: The purpose of this review was to describe the various surgical strategies and techniques for locally advanced pancreatic cancer and to evaluate their influence on long-term outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Locally advanced pancreatic cancer should not generally be deemed unresectable. Various surgical techniques offer a good chance of margin-free tumor resection, even if surrounding organs or vessels are involved. Because of potentially higher peri- and postoperative morbidity rates, patients should be selected properly and are best treated in specialized high-volume centers.
BACKGROUND: Despite all improvements in tumor diagnostics and treatment, pancreatic cancer is still the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the Western world. It is mostly diagnosed at a locally advanced or metastasized stage because of the lack of early symptoms. A radical margin-free surgical resection offers the only potential cure for locoregional disease. Over the last decades, several surgical strategies and techniques have evolved to optimize oncologic radical resections and thus to improve long-term outcome of patients. PURPOSE: The purpose of this review was to describe the various surgical strategies and techniques for locally advanced pancreatic cancer and to evaluate their influence on long-term outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Locally advanced pancreatic cancer should not generally be deemed unresectable. Various surgical techniques offer a good chance of margin-free tumor resection, even if surrounding organs or vessels are involved. Because of potentially higher peri- and postoperative morbidity rates, patients should be selected properly and are best treated in specialized high-volume centers.
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Extended resection; Pancreas; Resection technique; Surgery
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