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Table 1 pCR cases after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreatic cancer (2005–2020)

From: Impact of pathological complete response following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (gemcitabine, nab-paclitaxel, S-1) and radiation for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: a case report and review of literature

Case

Authors

Journal

Year

pCR rate

Assessment

Chemotherapy

Radiation dose

Status

Alive/dead

1

Katz et al

J Am Coll Surg

2008

4/66 (6.1%)

BR

5-FU or PTX or GEM or Cape

30 or 50.4 Gy

2 (NED)/2 (1 DOD, 1 DOA)

2

Rajagopalan et al

Radiat Oncol

2013

3/12 (25%)

BR + LA

GEM + Cape or FFN

36 Gy (SBRT)

NR

3

Rose et al

Ann Surg Oncol

2014

3/31 (9.7%)

BR

GD

50.4 Gy

NR

4

Pietrasz et al

Ann Surg Oncol

2015

12/80 (15%)

BR + LA

FFN

54 Gy

NR

5

Hirata et al

Radiother Oncol

2015

6/157 (4%)

BR + LA

GEM

50 Gy

NR

6

Katz et al

JAMA Surg

2016

2/22 (13%)

BR

FFN + Cape

50.4 Gy

NR

7

Chuong et al

J Gastrointest Oncol

2016

4/36 (11.1%)

BR

GTX

30–40 Gy (SBRT)

4 (NED)/0

8

Rashid et al

Ann Surg Oncol

2016

10/55 (18.2%)

BR

GTX

30–40 Gy (SBRT)

NR

9

Mellon et al

Acta Oncol

2017

6/81 (7.4%)

BR

GEM or GTX or GnP or FFN or others

30–50 Gy (SBRT)

6 (5 NED, 1 AWD; liver)/ 0

10

Hashemi-Sadraei et al

Am J Clin Oncol

2018

5/53 (9.4%)

BR

GEM or GEM + SFB or GEM + ERL or GnP or FFN

45–54 Gy

3 (2 NED, 1 AWD; unknown)/2 (1 DOD, 1 DOA)

11

Takahashi et al

Pancreas

2018

3/24 (12.5%)

BR

GnP

60 Gy

NR

12

Jang et al

Ann Surg

2018

2/17 (11.8%)

BR

GEM

54 Gy

NR

13

He et al

Ann Surg

2018

19/186 (10.2%)

BR + LA

GnP or GX or FFX

NR (SBRT or conventional)

8 (NED)/NE; 2 recurrence, 3 liver, 1 lung, 3 multiple

14

Blair et al

Surgery

2018

14/168 (8.3%)

BR + LA

5-FU or GEM or Cape or FFX or others

33 Gy (SBRT) or 45–54 Gy (CRT)

NR

15

Lewis et al

J Gastrointest Oncol

2019

2/30 (6.7%)

BR + LA

GEM

45–57 Gy (IMRT)

NR

16

Neyaz et al

Histopathology

2020

15/92 (16.3%)

BR + LA

FFX

50.4 Gy

NR

  1. BR borderline resectable, LA locally advanced, 5-FU 5-fluorouracil, GEM gemcitabine, Cape capecitabine, GX gemcitabine and capecitabine, GTX gemcitabine, docetaxel, and capecitabine, FFN FOLFIRINOX, GnP gemcitabine and nab- paclitaxel, SFB sorafenib, ERL erlotinib, NED no evidence of disease, DOA death of another disease, NED no evidence of disease, AWD alive with disease, DOD death of disease, NA not reported