Adjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer

Table 5 Results of combination therapy in patients who have undergone resection for pancreatic cancer

Series	Year	Number	Radiotherapy (Gy)	Chemotherapy	Median survival (months)	Actuarial survival (%)
						1 year	2 year	3 year	5 year
Kalser et al*[81]	1985	21	EBRT 40	5-FU	20	67	42	24	18
		22			11	50	15	7	8
GITSG[82]	1987	30	EBRT 40	5-FU	18		46
Conlon et al[83]	1996	56	EBRT 45	5-FU	20		35
Yeo et al[84]	1997	53			13.5		30
		99	EBRT 40-45	5-FU	21		44
		21	EBRT 50-57	5-FU + FA	17.5		22
UKPACA[85]	1998	35	EBRT 40	5-FU	13	56	38	29	15
Abrams et al[86]	1999	23	EBRT	5-FU + FA	15.9
Paulino et al[87]	1999	30	EBRT	5-FU	26
		8	EBRT		5.5
André et al[88]	2000	10	EBRT	5-FU + FA + CPP	17

EBRT = external bean radiotherapy; 5-FU = 5-fluorouracil; FA = folinic acid; CPP = cisplatin