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Table 2 Cases of brain metastases of pancreatic cancer with other recurrences under control

From: A case of radical resection for brain metastases of pancreatic cancer after curative chemotherapy for para-aortic lymph node metastases

Author

Age/sex

BM pattern/number

Peripheral blood TM

Time from PC surgery to BM

BM treatment

PC treatment

BM recurrence

Survival after BM treatment

Caricato et al. [10]

67/male

Heterochrony/1

Normal range

2 years

Surgery

Surgery

CRT

Yes, 16 months after surgery

 > 16 months

Lemke et al. [11]

48/female

Heterochrony/1

None

6 years

Surgery

WBRT

(46 Gy)

Surgery

CT

No

 > 10 years

66/male

Heterochrony/1

None

Approximately 1 year

Surgery

WBRT

(30 Gy)

Surgery

CT

No

 > 5 years

Chiang et al. [12]

54/male

Simultaneity/1

None

Surgery

WBRT

(45 Gy)

Surgery

CRT

No

 > 20 months

Our case

64/male

Heterochrony/2

Normal range

2 years and 5 months

Surgery

SRT

(53 Gy)

Surgery

CT

No

 > 6 months

  1. BM brain metastasis, TM tumor marker, RT radiation therapy, PC pancreatic cancer, CRT chemoradiation therapy, CT chemotherapy, WBRT whole-brain radiotherapy, SRT stereotactic radiotherapy