Publications by authors named "S N Van Laarhoven"
Background: Left-sided pancreatic cancer is associated with worse overall survival (OS) compared with right-sided pancreatic cancer. Although neoadjuvant therapy is currently seen as not effective in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer (RPC), current randomized trials included mostly patients with right-sided RPC. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between neoadjuvant therapy and OS in patients with left-sided RPC compared with upfront surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Tibial fixation in revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) can present surgical challenges. It has been suggested that appropriate fixation in at least two of the three anatomical zones (epiphysis, metaphysis, and diaphysis) is essential for implant survival. However, supporting clinical data are lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Pathological response of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAT) has been associated with oncological outcome. The aim of the study was to investigate factors associated with favourable tumour regression in patients undergoing pancreatic resection for PDAC.
Methods: Patients who received NAT before undergoing PDAC resection at two institutions were reviewed.
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- Intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasms (IOPNs) are now identified as distinct from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), with limited information on their recurrence and survival outcomes.
- A study analyzed outcomes of 415 patients with invasive IOPNs and adenocarcinoma from IPMN over a median of 6 years, finding similar recurrence rates between invasive IOPNs and ductal A-IPMN, but poorer survival compared to colloid A-IPMN.
- The research concluded that invasive IOPNs behave like aggressive cancers, with adjuvant chemotherapy showing no significant impact on recurrence rates in any of the studied cancer types.
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- The study examines the outcomes of different precursor epithelial subtypes of adenocarcinoma from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (A-IPMN), focusing on clinical features and recurrence patterns among patients who underwent pancreatic surgery.
- A total of 297 patients were analyzed, revealing that gastric, pancreatobiliary, and mixed subtypes have similar outcomes that are worse than the intestinal subtype in terms of recurrence and overall survival.
- The research found that adjuvant chemotherapy specifically improved survival rates in the pancreatobiliary subtype, but not in gastric, intestinal, or mixed subtypes, indicating a potential area for further exploration in treatment strategies.