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SUBMITTER: Vitolo V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6744648 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vitolo Viviana V Cobianchi Lorenzo L Brugnatelli Silvia S Barcellini Amelia A Peloso Andrea A Facoetti Angelica A Vanoli Alessandro A Delfanti Sara S Preda Lorenzo L Molinelli Silvia S Klersy Catherine C Fossati Piero P Orecchia Roberto R Valvo Francesca F
BMC cancer 20190914 1
<h4>Background</h4>Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a high-mortality neoplasm with a documented 5-years-overall survival around 5%. In the last decades, a real breakthrough in the treatment of the disease has not been achieved. Here we propose a prospective, phase II, multicentre, single-arm study aiming to assess the efficacy and the feasibility of a therapeutic protocol combining chemotherapy, carbon ion therapy and surgery for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.<h4>Met ...[more]