Clinical Outcomes of Biliary Drainage during a Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Metal versus Plastic Stents

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy/neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NAC/NACRT) can be performed in patients with pancreatic cancer to improve survival. We aimed to clarify the clinical outcomes of biliary drainage with a metal stent (MS) or a plastic stent (PS) during NAC/NACRT. Between October 2013 and April 2...

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Published in:	Gut and Liver
Main Authors:	Masaki Kuwatani, Toru Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Yasutoshi Kimura, Michihiro Ono, Masayo Motoya, Koji Imai, Keisuke Yamakita, Takuma Goto, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Maguchi, Satoshi Hirano, Hokkaido Pancreatic Cancer Study Group (HOPS)
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Gastroenterology Council for Gut and Liver 2020-03-01
Subjects:	pancreatic neoplasms chemotherapy chemoradiotherapy jaundice stent
Online Access:	http://gutnliver.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5009/gnl18573