CHEMOTHERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC CANCER Akshjot - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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CHEMOTHERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC CANCER Akshjot Puri, MD Post Graduate Year 5 MENTOR: Madappa N. Kundranda, MD. PhD. CASE A 77 yo female, good PS, presents with non-specific epigastric pain and pruritus for 2 months No other


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CHEMOTHERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC CANCER Akshjot Puri, MD

Post Graduate Year 5

MENTOR: Madappa N. Kundranda, MD. PhD.

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CASE

A 77 yo female, good PS, presents with non-specific epigastric pain and pruritus for 2 months No other significant medical problems, non smoker, family history of breast and ovarian cancers Examination shows severe jaundice Total bilirubin: 18, CA 19-9: 1930

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Biopsy of pancreatic head mass shows pancreatic adenocarcinoma EUS staging T2N1 Biliary stent placement, normalization of bilirubin, CA 19-9: 1100 BRCA 1 and 2 mutations are negative

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QUESTION 1

Choice of neoadjuvant regimen for this borderline-resectable pancreatic head adenocarcinoma?

  • A. mFOLFIRINOX
  • B. mFOLFIRINOX and CFRT (Conventionally fractionated

radiation therapy)

  • C. Gemcitabine and Abraxane
  • D. Gemcitabine alone
  • E. mFOLFIRINOX and SBRT (Stereotactic body radiation

therapy)

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At 8 months from diagnosis

FOLFIRINOX X 8 Cycles with dose interruptions followed by SBRT x 5 fractions

CA 19-9: 193065 Whipple surgery pathology showed partial response (Evans grade II)

2.3 cm moderate to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, 6 out of 27 lymph nodes involved, duodenal wall involvement

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At 11 months from diagnosis Surveillance scan at 3 months from surgery CA 19-9: 193065  471 71 PS 1

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QUESTION 2 Ch Choice o

  • f next l

lin ine in in t therapy?

  • A. Re-challenge with mFOLFIRINOX
  • B. 5FU plus Onivide
  • C. Gemcitabine and Abraxane
  • D. Gemcitabine alone
  • E. Hospice
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CASE

  • Patient was started on Gem/ABX
  • Tolerated this expected TRT’s
  • After 2 months:

– worsening abdominal pain and distension – new backpain – 10lb weight loss

  • Restaging scans: New omental metastasis with L3

pedicle lesion

  • PS 2
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QUESTION 3 Ch Choice o

  • f next l

lin ine in in t therapy?

  • A. Clinical trial
  • B. 5FU plus Onivide
  • C. FOLFOX
  • D. Gemcitabine alone
  • E. Palliative Radiation, paracentesis and hospice
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Case

  • Patient elected to proceed with palliative care and

hospice