Carbon ion radiotherapy as definitive treatment in non-metastasized pancreatic cancer: study protocol of the prospective phase II PACK-study

Carbon ion radiotherapy as definitive treatment in non-metastasized pancreatic cancer: study protocol of the prospective phase II PACK-study

Abstract Background Radiotherapy is known to improve local tumor control in locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC), although there is a lack of convincing data on a potential overall survival benefit of chemoradiotherapy over chemotherapy alone. To improve efficacy of radiotherapy, new approaches...

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Main Authors: Jakob Liermann, Patrick Naumann, Adriane Hommertgen, Moritz Pohl, Meinhard Kieser, Juergen Debus, Klaus Herfarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Carbon ion radiotherapy
Particle therapy
Pancreatic cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-07434-8

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