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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kishan A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4981412 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cureus 20160713 7
We read with great interest the results of the LAP07 study comparing capecitabine-based chemoradiation with gemcitabine-based therapy for non-progressive locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC), following four months of gemcitabine-based therapy. The results, consistent with previous data, showed that standard chemoradiation improves local control (LC) but not overall survival. In this brief editorial, we emphasize that LC may still be very important in LAPC, as up to 30% of patients with LAPC ...[more]