Abstract
This review summarises the recent evidence on preoperative therapeutic strategies in pancreatic cancer and discusses the rationale for an imminent need for a personalised therapeutic approach in non-metastatic disease. The molecular diversity of pancreatic cancer and its influence on prognosis and treatment response, combined with the failure of ‘all-comer’ treatments to significantly impact on patient outcomes, requires a paradigm shift towards a genomic-driven approach. This is particularly important in the preoperative, potentially curable setting, where a personalised treatment allocation has the substantial potential to reduce pancreatic cancer mortality.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 183-196 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Annals of Oncology |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Pancreatic cancer
- neoadjuvant
- precision medicine
- predictive biomarkers
- preoperative
- prognostic biomarkers