Can chemo before surgery extend lives in pancreatic cancer?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic head cancer or periampullary carcinoma(endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biopsy). * Clearly resectable disease as defined by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) criteria on cross-sectional imaging: No involvement or abutment of the celiac artery, common hepatic artery, superior mesenteric artery, or replaced right hepatic artery . Less than 180 degree interface between tumor and vessel wall of the portal vein or superior mesenteric vein, and patent portal vein/splenic vein confluence No evidence of metastatic disease. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)=0-1 \& American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score \<4. * Written informed consent. * Medical history without previous pancreatic resection or pancreatic cancer. * Adequate organ function (liver, kidney, bone marrow) (serum creatinine ≤2.0 mg/dL,reference range 0.5-1.20 mg/dL; serum albumin ≥2.5 g/dL, reference range 3.5-5.3; aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤95 U/L, reference range 0-38; Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤102 U/L, reference range 0-41; prothrombin time ≤1.8, reference range 0-1.20; partial thromboplastin time ≤1.8, reference range 0.82-1.25; leukocyte count greater than 3.5×109/L, reference range 4.2-9.0; platelet count greater than 100×109/L, reference range 130-400; hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL, reference range 12-16). Exclusion Criteria: * Borderline resectable or locally advanced pancreatic or periampullary cancer. * Tumor at the body or tail of the pancreas. * Distant metastases. * Prior chemotherapy , surgery or radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer. * Severe comorbidities precluding surgery or chemotherapy. * Pregnancy or lactation. * Other neoplastic diseases (malignant)diagnosed in the past 5 years. * Major surgery or traumatic event in the past 28 days.