ObjectiveTo summarize recent research advancement on radically surgical therapy of carcinoma of the body and tail of pancreas． MethodsRelevant literatures about radically surgical therapy of carcinoma of the body and tail of pancreas were collected and reviewed． ResultsRecent experimental researches indicated that distal pancreatectomy was the common used surgical way to treat carcinoma of the body and tail of pancreas. Besides， spleenpreserving distal pancreatectomy, distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac axis resection, and laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy were also the choices to the treatment of carcinoma of the body and tail of pancreas. ConclusionThe surgical way to treat carcinoma of the body and tail of pancreas has advanced for these years, but furthermore development requires more great efforts.