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Do you offer adjuvant treatment for resected colloid pancreatic carcinoma?

Colloid is a rare histologic subtype and considered to have more favorable outcomes compared with usual ductal adenocarcinoma, but no dedicated prospective RCTs to guide decision making.
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Radiation Oncology · University of Utah School of Medicine
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I rarely offer adjuvant radiation for typical pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma except in cases of positive margins, and then only after an adequate duration of chemotherapy has been given. Therefore, I do not think adjuvant radiation therapy should be routine in colloid pancreatic carcinoma, which i...

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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
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Agree with @Dr. First Last in that I would not recommend post-operative RT particularly if resected with negative margins. Our group does typically recommend adjuvant systemic therapy for colloid carcinoma acknowledging that the strength of recommendations are lower, the disease is more indolent wit...

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