Impact of a non-therapeutic laparotomy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer treated with induction (m)FOLFIRINOX: Trans-Atlantic Pancreatic Surgery (TAPS) Consortium study

CONCLUSION: More than a quarter of surgically explored patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer after induction (m)FOLFIRINOX did not undergo a resection. Such non-therapeutic laparotomy does not appear to substantially impact oncological outcomes.PMID:38456678 | PMC:PMC10921832 | DOI:10.1093/bjs/znae033

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - March 8, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Rutger T Theijse Thomas F Stoop Quisette P Janssen Laura R Prakash Matthew H G Katz Deesje Doppenberg Ching-Wei D Tzeng Alice C Wei Amer H Zureikat Bas Groot Koerkamp Marc G Besselink Source Type: research