Survival Advantage of Upfront Surgery for Pancreatic Head Cancer Without Preoperative Biliary Drainage

Survival Advantage of Upfront Surgery for Pancreatic Head Cancer Without Preoperative Biliary Drainage

IntroductionLevel 1 evidence from randomized trials demonstrates less complication when jaundiced patients with resectable pancreatic cancer proceed directly to surgery, rather than undergo preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) first. Although “fast track” surgery significantly increases the resectabi...

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Main Authors: Rupaly Pande, James Hodson, Ravi Marudanayagam, N. Chatzizacharias, Bobby Dasari, Paolo Muiesan, Robert P. Sutcliffe, Darius F. Mirza, John Isaac, Keith J. Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
pancreatic surgery
survival
fast track surgery
preoperative biliary drainage
intention to treat (ITT) analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.526514/full

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