Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy has a potential role in pancreatic carcinoma

Pancreatic cancer has an extremely poor prognosis, only a small minority of patients undergo a resection with curative intent. Chemotherapy and/or radiochemotherapy may improve this by prolonging survival or disease-free interval and improving resectability and the proportion of microscopically comp...

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Main Authors: Geertjan van Tienhoven MD, PhD, Dirk J. Gouma, Dick J. Richel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-01-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1758834010383150