Neoadjuvant Strategies for Pancreatic Cancer

췌장암에서의 선행보조항암요법

  • Dong-Won Ahn (Division of Gastroenterology, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 안동원 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실, 보라매병원 소화기내과)
  • Received : 2015.05.26
  • Accepted : 2015.06.21
  • Published : 2015.06.30

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive tumor and only 10-20% patients are considered candidates for curative resection at diagnosis. While surgery remains the only chance for cure, prognosis is poor even after surgery due to high rate of recurrence. A complementary chemotherapy and radiotherapy in a multimodal approach has been attempted to improved prognosis after surgery. Since adjuvant chemotherapy has yielded an only modest outcome improvement, various neoadjuvant approaches with chemotherapy, chemoradiation, or chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation have been attempted. In this article, current knowledge of the various neoadjuvant approaches for pancreatic cancer will be reviewed and the role of the neoadjuvant strategies will be discussed.

췌장암은 예후가 좋지 않은 악성 질환으로 진단 당시 10-20%에서만 수술적 절제가 가능한 것으로 알려져 있다. 수술적 절제가 유일한 근치적 치료로 알려져 있으나, 높은 재발률로 인해 예후가 좋지 않아 예후를 개선시키기 위한 항암화학요법이나 방사선요법 등의 보조적 치료가 시도되고 있다. 수술 후 보조항암요법이 시행되고 있으나 생존율의 향상은 미비한 수준으로 최근에는 항암화학요법, 항암방사선요법, 항암화학요법 후 항암방사선요법 등의 다양한 선행보조항암요법이 시행되고 있다. 본 종설에서는 절제 가능한 췌장암과 국소진행성 췌장암에서의 선행보조항암요법에 대한 최근의 연구를 정리하고 임상적인 역할에 대해 규명해 보고자 한다.

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