Pancreatic cancer is an important cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Radical surgical resection still is the only curative treatment option today, but not all tumors are considered resectable. Among resectable tumors, some are deemed borderline and have a high probability of incomplete exeresis. Neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) can be a game-changer for borderline cases, and there is a lack of evidence on the predictive factors associated with resectability after neoadjuvant treatment.~This study aims to assess the prognostic factors for resectability and survival after NAT in type A borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients.
Radical surgical resection is the only curative treatment option for pancreatic cancer, but borderline resectable tumors have a high probability of incomplete exeresis. Although neoadjuvant therapy can improve the chances of complete exeresis, not all patients respond as expected.