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SUBMITTER: Jones OP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4209539 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Owain Peris OP Melling James Daniel JD Ghaneh Paula P
World journal of gastroenterology 20141001 40
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer related death worldwide with an overall five-year survival of less than 5%. Potentially curative surgery, which alone can improve 5-year survival to 10%, is an option for only 10%-20% of patients at presentation owing to local invasion of the tumour or metastatic disease. Adjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to improve 5-year survival to 20%-25% but conflicting evidence remains with regards to chemoradiation. In this article we review ...[more]