Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, version 2.2012: featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines.

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The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma discuss the workup and management of tumors of the exocrine pancreas. These NCCN Guidelines Insights provide a summary and explanation of major changes to the 2012 NCCN Guidelines for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. The panel made 3 significant updates to the guidelines: 1) more detail was added regarding multiphase CT techniques for diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer, and pancreas protocol MRI was added as an emerging alternative to CT; 2) the use of a fluoropyrimidine plus oxaliplatin (e.g., 5-FU/leucovorin/oxaliplatin or capecitabine/oxaliplatin) was added as an acceptable chemotherapy combination for patients with advanced or metastatic disease and good performance status as a category 2B recommendation; and 3) the panel developed new recommendations concerning surgical technique and pathologic analysis and reporting.

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Cited Authors

  • Tempero, MA; Arnoletti, JP; Behrman, SW; Ben-Josef, E; Benson, AB; Casper, ES; Cohen, SJ; Czito, B; Ellenhorn, JDI; Hawkins, WG; Herman, J; Hoffman, JP; Ko, A; Komanduri, S; Koong, A; Ma, WW; Malafa, MP; Merchant, NB; Mulvihill, SJ; Muscarella, P; Nakakura, EK; Obando, J; Pitman, MB; Sasson, AR; Tally, A; Thayer, SP; Whiting, S; Wolff, RA; Wolpin, BM; Freedman-Cass, DA; Shead, DA; National Comprehensive Cancer Networks,

Published Date

  • June 1, 2012

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 10 / 6

Start / End Page

  • 703 - 713

PubMed ID

  • 22679115

Pubmed Central ID

  • PMC3807091

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1540-1413

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0073

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States