Efficacy and feasibility of chemotherapy and radiation therapy for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer in elderly patients.

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Nicholas Figura

University of South Florida College of Medicine

Nicholas Figura , Alex Cruz , Eric Mellon , Michael Chuong , Sarah Hoffe , Gregory Springett , Nadia Saeed , Pamela Hodul , Mokenge Malafa , Lodovico Balducci , Ravi Shridhar

Organizations

University of South Florida College of Medicine, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

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No funding sources reported

Background: To date there have been few studies evaluating the efficacy and tolerability of aggressive neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT) for patients ≥70 years of age with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (BRPC). Methods: We performed a retrospective review of our institutional experience treating BRPC from 2006 to June 2012. All patients were staged with a pancreas protocol CT scan, endoscopic ultrasound, and PET/CT scan. The diagnosis of BRPC was confirmed by our GI Tumor Board prior to treatment. Our institutional preference for preoperative chemotherapy included gemcitabine, paclitaxel and capecitabine (GTX). RT techniques included intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) or stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Restaging scans were performed after RT completion and patients were then considered for surgical resection. The data was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis. Results: This study included 72 BRPC patients with a median age of 65 years (range 36-87). 24 patients (33%) were ≥70 years old. Median follow up for all patients was 12.7 months. 56 patients (77%) received preoperative GTX. Of the patients ≥70 years, 7 were treated with IMRT and 17 with SBRT, compared to 8 who were treated with IMRT and 40 with SBRT in the younger cohort. In the older group, 11 patients (46%) underwent surgery with all attaining microscopically negative margins (R0), compared with 32 patients that underwent surgery in the younger cohort (61.7%), 29 of which received R0 margins (90.6%). Median survival for patients ≥70 years old was 12.6 months compared to 12.8 months for the younger patients. There was no difference in overall survival (p =.606) or progression free survival (p = .312) between the two groups. Multivariate analysis showed that surgery in the entire group was significantly associated with an improvement in overall survival (p = .011). Conclusions: Our data indicates that aggressive neoadjuvant chemotherapy and RT is equally effective for older patients. Neoadjuvant therapy for BRPC should not be withheld basely solely on patient age.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

General Poster Session B: Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Track

Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Sub Track

Multidisciplinary Treatment

Citation

J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl 4; abstr320)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2013.31.4_suppl.320

Abstract #

320

Poster Bd #

D12

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