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. 2020 Jun 24;12(6):1681. doi: 10.3390/cancers12061681

Table 4.

Treatment of BRPC/LAPC.

Quality of the Evidence Clinical Recommendation Strength of the Recommendation References
Low In patients with BRPC preoperative treatment could increase survival in comparison with immediate surgery Weakly positive [33,34,35,36,37,38,39]
Very Low Chemotherapy may be considered as a first-choice option as initial therapy, as alternative to chemoradiotherapy in patients with LAPC Weakly positive [40]
Moderate In patients with LAPC who are progression-free after systemic chemotherapy (with reference to the schemes used in advanced disease), consolidation chemoradiotherapy may be considered Weakly positive [41,42,43]

Abbreviations–BRPC: Borderline Resectable Pancreatic cancer; LAPC: Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.