Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

Radiation therapy improves survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Kalser MH and Ellenberg SS (1985) Pancreatic cancer: adjuvant combined radiation and chemotherapy following curative resection. Arch Surg 120: 899–903

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Klinkenbijl JH et al. (1999) Adjuvant radiotherapy and 5-fluorouracil after curative resection of cancer of the pancreas and periampullary region: phase III trial of the EORTC gastrointestinal tract cancer cooperative group. Ann Surg 230: 776–782

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Neoptolemos JP et al. (2004) A randomized trial of chemoradiotherapy and chemotherapy after resection of pancreatic cancer. N Engl J Med 350: 1200–1210

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Abrams RA et al. (2006) RTOG 9704–Radiotherapy Quality Assurance (QA) Review and Survival. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66 (Suppl 1): S22

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Hsu CC et al. (2008) Benefit of adjuvant chemoradiation therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: The Johns Hopkins Hospital–Mayo Clinic collaborative study of 1,045 patients [abstract #124]. In Proceedings of the ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium: 2008 January 25–27; Orlando, FL

    Google Scholar 

  6. Picozzi VJ et al. (2003) Interferon-based adjuvant chemoradiation therapy after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Am J Surg 185: 476–480

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Mehta VK et al. (2000) Adjuvant radiotherapy and concomitant 5-fluorouracil by protracted venous infusion for resected pancreatic cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 48: 1483–1487

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Mandy Aujla, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Edgar Ben-Josef.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Feng, F., Ben-Josef, E. Radiation therapy improves survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 5, 434–435 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc1176

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc1176

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing