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. 2019 Jul 24;154(10):932–942. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2277

Table 2. Rate of Primary Chemotherapy Completiona.

Variable No. (%) P Value
Primary Chemotherapy Completed (n = 408) Primary Chemotherapy Not Completed (n = 162)
Age at diagnosis, y
≤75 361 (76.2) 113 (23.8) <.001
>75 47 (49.0) 49 (51.0)
Resectability status
Borderline resectable 171 (73.4) 62 (26.6) .48
Locally advanced 237 (70.3) 100 (29.7)
Chemotherapy regimen
FOLFIRINOX 214 (82.3) 46 (17.7) <.001
Gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel 81 (65.9) 42 (34.1)
GEMOX 61 (76.3) 19 (23.8)
Gemcitabine 52 (48.6) 55 (51.4)
MDACC Classificationb
A 126 (76.4) 39 (23.6) .14
B 26 (72.2) 10 (27.8)
C 19 (59.4) 13 (40.6)

Abbreviations: FOLFIRINOX, fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan; GEMOX, gemcitabine and oxaliplatin; MDACC, MD Anderson Cancer Center; nab, nanoparticle albumin-bound.

a

Results are stratified by age, resectability at the time of diagnosis (according to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines), type of primary chemotherapy, and MDACC classification.

b

Only for patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.