Induction Chemotherapy with FOLFIRINOX for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Simple Scoring System to Predict Effect and Prognosis

CONCLUSIONS: Tumor density is a novel predictive marker for the prognosis of patients with resected LAPC after FOLFIRINOX. A simple scoring model incorporating tumor density, the tumor shrinkage rate, and CA 19-9 levels identifies patients with a low score, who may be candidates for additional treatment.PMID:36153440 | DOI:10.1245/s10434-022-12569-y

Source: Ann Oncol - September 24, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Masayuki Tanaka Max Heckler Andr é L Mihaljevic Shigenori Ei Ulla Klaiber Ulrike Heger Markus W B üchler Thilo Hackert Source Type: research