Table 4 Management of staging laparoscopy patients. Palliative therapy was initiated after a positive staging laparoscopy or due to disease progression while the patient was receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy
From: The role of staging laparoscopy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its effect on patients’ survival
Management | Number |
|---|---|
Upfront surgical resection | 31 (20%) |
Surgical resection after NAC | 67 (43%) |
Surgery abandoned | 3 (2%) |
Palliative therapy after positive staging laparoscopy | 19 (12%) |
Palliative therapy during NAC | 35 (23%) |