Addition of radiotherapy to adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved overall survival in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Data Base
Rutter CE, Park HS, Corso CD, Lester-Coll NH, Mancini BR, Yeboa DN, Johung KL. Addition of radiotherapy to adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved overall survival in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Data Base. Cancer 2015, 121: 4141-4149. PMID: 26280559, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImproved overall survivalNational Cancer Data BaseOverall survivalPancreatic adenocarcinomaAdjuvant chemotherapyR0 resectionR1 resectionPN1 diseaseNational cohortSubset analysisPropensity scoreAddition of radiotherapyMedian radiotherapy doseOutcome of chemotherapyLarge national cohortPT1-3N0CRT groupClinicopathologic characteristicsCRT patientsRandomized comparisonCox regressionRadiotherapy doseOptimal treatmentPancreatic cancerUnivariate analysis