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SUBMITTER: Hong TS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4791180 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hong Theodore S TS Ryan David P DP Borger Darrell R DR Blaszkowsky Lawrence S LS Yeap Beow Y BY Ancukiewicz Marek M Deshpande Vikram V Shinagare Shweta S Wo Jennifer Y JY Boucher Yves Y Wadlow Raymond C RC Kwak Eunice L EL Allen Jill N JN Clark Jeffrey W JW Zhu Andrew X AX Ferrone Cristina R CR Mamon Harvey J HJ Adams Judith J Winrich Barbara B Grillo Tarin T Jain Rakesh K RK DeLaney Thomas F TF Fernandez-del Castillo Carlos C Duda Dan G DG
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 20140524 4
<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the safety, efficacy and biomarkers of short-course proton beam radiation and capecitabine, followed by pancreaticoduodenectomy in a phase 1/2 study in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients.<h4>Methods and materials</h4>Patients with radiographically resectable, biopsy-proven PDAC were treated with neoadjuvant short-course (2-week) proton-based radiation with capecitabine, followed by surgery and adjuvant gemcitabine. The primary objective was to demonstrat ...[more]