Research Article

Intensity-Modulated and Image-Guided Radiotherapy in Patients with Locally Advanced Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer after Preradiation Chemotherapy

Table 1

Patient’s characteristics and treatment details.

All patientsConv-rad IMRT/IGRT
= (%) = (%) = (%)

Age
 Median64 (40–77)65 (53–77)62 (40–74)
♀/♂15/7 (68/32) 5/1 (83/17)10/6 (62.5/37.5)
Previous resection
 Yes/no10/12 (45/55) 4/2 (67/33)8/8 (50/50)
Tumor localisation
 Pancreatic head16 (73)4 (67)11 (69)
 Body 5 (22)1 (17)4 (25)
 Tail1 (5) 1 (17)1 (6)
Radiation therapy
 Alone10 (45)4 (67)6 (37.5)
 With chemotherapy12 (55)2 (33)10 (62.5)
  3D conformal6 (27)6 (100)
 IMRT/IGRT16 (73)16 (100)
Preradiation chem
 GemMono20 (91)5 (83)15 (94)
 GemCombination2 (9)1 (17) 1 (6)
 >1 therapy5 (22)3 (50)2 (13)
Duration preradiation chemotherapy
 3–6 months3 (14)03 (19)
 6–9 months6 (27)2 (33)4 (25)
 9–12 months3 (14)1 (17)2 (12)
 >12 months10 (45)3 (50)7 (44)