title: Prolonged Complete Response in a Patient with Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma after FOLFIRINOX Chemotherapy and Maintenance with FOLFIRI.
abstract: Metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma confers a poor prognosis. Even with recent advances in the treatment of this disease with the introduction of two modestly effective chemotherapy regimens, complete responses are still very rare. Moreover, there are no published data on how to further manage the patients who achieve a sustained remission following treatment. Herein, we report the case of a patient with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma who achieved a complete response lasting for more than three years after receiving induction chemotherapy with FOLFIRINOX followed by maintenance with FOLFIRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Voutes, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nikolaou
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Voutes, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matikas
authors.affiliation: Olympion General Clinic, Volou & Meilichou, 26443 Patra, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papavasilopoulou
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Voutes, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mavroudis
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Voutes, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Lampros
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vamvakas