Total neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX versus neoadjuvant gemcitabine-based chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant gemcitabine for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (PREOPANC-2 trial): study protocol for a nationwide multicenter randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Neoadjuvant therapy has several potential advantages over upfront surgery in patients with localized pancreatic cancer; more patients receive systemic treatment, fewer patients undergo futile surgery, and R0 resection rates are higher, thereby possibly improving overall survival...

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Main Authors: Q. P. Janssen, J. L. van Dam, B. A. Bonsing, H. Bos, K. P. Bosscha, P. P. L. O. Coene, C. H. J. van Eijck, I. H. J. T. de Hingh, T. M. Karsten, M. B. van der Kolk, G. A. Patijn, M. S. L. Liem, H. C. van Santvoort, O. J. L. Loosveld, J. de Vos-Geelen, B. M. Zonderhuis, M. Y. V. Homs, G. van Tienhoven, M. G. Besselink, J. W. Wilmink, B. Groot Koerkamp, for the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08031-z