Author, Year

Clinical Stage

No. of Patients

Chemo Rx

Radiation

No. Patients Resected (%)

Median Survival of Resected Patients (mo)

Evans [5] , 1992

R

28

5-FU

50.4 Gy/S

17 (61)

18

Yeung [59] , 1993

R

26

5-FU, MMC

50.4 Gy/S

12 (46)

OS: 8

Pisters [60] , 1998

R

35

5-FU

30 Gy/H

Or 50.4 Gy/S

20 (57)

25

Hoffman [61] , 1998

R

53

5-FU, MMC

50 Gy/S

24 (45)

15.7

White [62] , 2001

R

96

5-FU

40 Gy/S

53 (55)

23

Pisters [63] , 2002

R

37

paclitaxel

30 Gy/H, IORT

20 (54)

19

Moutardier [64] , 2004

R

61

5-FU, cisplatin

30 Gy/ SC or S

40 (66)

26.6

Mournex [65] , 2005

R

41

5-FU, cisplatin

50.4 Gy/S

26 (63)

12/5

Talamonti [33] , 2006

R

20

gemcitabine

30 Gy/H

17 (85)

26

Varadhachary [32] , 2008

R

90

gemcitabine cisplatin

30 Gy/H

52 (58)

31

Evans [32] , 2008

R

86

gemcitabine

30 Gy/ H

64 (74)

34

Turrini [66] , 2009

R/BLR

102

5-FU and cisplatin

45 Gy

62 (61)

23

Le Scodan [67] , 2009

R

41

5-FU, cisplatin

50 Gy

26 (63)

11.7

Turrini [68] , 2010

R

34

docetaxel

45 Gy

15 (44)

32

Stokes [52] , 2011

BLR

40

capecitabine

50 Gy

16 (40)

12

Kang [69] , 2011

BLR

32

No

45 /50.4 Gy

23 (72)

26.3

Artinyan [70] , 2011

R

39

not available

not available

unknown

33.8

Lee [71] , 2012

BLR*

18

gemcitabine

No

17

23.1

Sho [72] , 2012

R

BLR

22

39

gemcitabine

50 /50.4 Gy

59 (97)

28

Pipas [73] , 2012

R

BLR

4

23

gemcitabine and cetuximab

54 Gy

4 (100)

18 (78)

24.3

Arvold [74] , 2012

BLR*

24

5-FU orcapecitabine or gemcitabine

50.4 Gy or

CRT alone

8 (30)

NR

Barugola [75] , 2012

BLR*

27

gemcitabine, gemcitabine and cisplatin, or capecitabine

50.6 Gy

45 Gy

NR

35

Leone [76] , 2013

BR*

15

gemcitabine and oxaliplatin

50.4 Gy

9 (60)

32

Kim [35] , 2013

R

BR*

23

39

gemcitabine and oxaliplatin

30 Gy

13 (56)

24 (62)

27.1

Van Buren [77] , 2013

R

BR

29

29

gemcitabine and bevacizumab

30 Gy

43 (74)

19.7

Motoi [78] , 2013

R

BR

19

16

gemcitabine or S-1

None

30 (85)

34.7

Cho [79] , 2013

BR

30

gemcitabine, +/− cisplatin or capecitabine

45/50.4/58.4 Gy

NR

45

Rose [37] , 2014

BR

64

gemcitabine, docetaxel

50.4 Gy

31 (48)

not reached at 21.6 months

O’Reilly [36] , 2014

R

38

gemcitabine and oxaliplatin

No

27 (71)

NR

Golcher [4] , 2014

R

33

gemcitabine and cisplatin

50.4 Gy

19 (58)

25

Epelboym [80] , 2014

BLR*

134

various chemotherapy

not available

114 (80)

27.3

Blazer [81] , 2014

BRPC

18

various regimens

30/36 Gy

11 (61)

NR

Christians [6] , 2015

R

69

majority rec’d gemcitabine

50.4 Gy

60 (87)

45

Katz [82] , 2015

BLR

22

FOLFIRINOX

50.4 Gy

15 (68)

NR