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Ping Lü, Chun-You Wang, Jiong-Xing Xiong, Li-Bo Chen, Chi-Dan Wan, Jing-Bo Gao, Xiao-Qing Run, Center for Pancreatic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
Fang Liu, CT Unit, Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
Correspondence to: Ping Lü, Center for Pancreatic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China. luliu@public.wh.hb.cn
Received: September 6, 2003 Revised: September 20, 2003 Accepted: October 18, 2003 Published online: March 15, 2004
AIM: To improve the survival rate of pancreatic cancer patients after extended pancreatectomy.
METHODS: The clinical data of pancreatic cancer patients were reviewed after extended pancreatectomy, without adjuvant therapy (control group, n = 27) or with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) regional perfusion via arterial chemotherapy pump (5-FU group, n = 30), and the prognosis of the two groups were compared.
RESULTS: The survival rate in 5-FU group (median survival time = 16 mo) was significantly better than that in control group (median survival time = 12 mo) (P<0.05, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, Log rank test); The 2-, 3-year cumulative survival rates in 5-FU group were 37% and 26% respectively, significantly better than those in the control group (15% and 5% respectively) (P < 0.05, x2 test); The cumulative rate of death by hepatic metastasis alone in 5-FU group was significantly lower than that in control group (P < 0.05, Log rank test); The WHO grade toxicities of 5-FU group generally were WHO Ⅰ and Ⅱ, and no WHO Ⅳ toxic events were observed.
CONCLUSION: 5-FU regional perfusion chemotherapy via arterial chemotherapy pump after extended resection for pancreatic cancer can reduce the hepatic metastasis with relatively mild toxicities and increase the survival rate of the patients.
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