Journal article
Downstaging of pancreatic carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemoradiation.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Neoadjuvant chemoradiation could improve survival in patients with pancreatic cancer because of a higher rate of R0 resections, lower rate of nodal metastasis (ypN) and of local recurrence. This approach was tested in a cohort to estimate its effect on survival. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Three-dimensional, conformal radiation to the primary tumor (55.8 Gy) and the lymphatics (50.4 Gy) was combined with chemotherapy. Resection was performed 6 weeks after completion of chemo...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]
- Volume:
- 185
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- 557-566
- Publication date:
- 2009-09-01
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- EISSN:
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1439-099X
- ISSN:
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0179-7158
- Source identifiers:
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132176
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- English
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2009
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