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