Improved survival and local control after intraoperative radiation therapy and postoperative radiotherapy: a multivariate analysis of 46 patients undergoing surgery for pancreatic head cancer.
Improved survival and local control after intraoperative radiation therapy and postoperative radiotherapy: a multivariate analysis of 46 patients undergoing surgery for pancreatic head cancer.
Sergio Alfieri,Alessio G. Morganti,5 Authors,G. Doglietto
2001 · DOI: 10.1001/ARCHSURG.136.3.343
Archives of Surgery · 61 Citations
TLDR
The role of radiotherapy combined with pancreatoduodenectomy for treatment of cancer of the pancreatic head is supported because even if the improvement in overall survival is moderate, it is effective in improving the local control of the tumor.