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SUBMITTER: Van Laethem JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2988636 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Laethem Jean-Luc JL Hammel Pascal P Mornex Françoise F Azria David D Van Tienhoven Geertjan G Vergauwe Philippe P Peeters Marc M Polus Marc M Praet Michel M Mauer Murielle M Collette Laurence L Budach Volker V Lutz Manfred M Van Cutsem Eric E Haustermans Karin K
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20100913 29
<h4>Purpose</h4>The role of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in resectable pancreatic cancer is still debated. This randomized phase II intergroup study explores the feasibility and tolerability of a gemcitabine-based CRT regimen after R0 resection of pancreatic head cancer.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Within 8 weeks after surgery, patients were randomly assigned to receive either four cycles of gemcitabine (control arm) or gemcitabine for two cycles followed by weekly gemcitabine with concurren ...[more]