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SUBMITTER: Thomas TO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5876285 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Thomas Tarita O TO Small William W Fleming Mark M Kang Song S Hoefer Richard A RA
Frontiers in oncology 20180323
Neoadjuvant therapy including chemotherapy alone or concurrent chemotherapy with external bream radiation is a standard treatment strategy for borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma and is also used routinely for primary operable cancers at some institutions (1). The use of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) has been limited largely because of the logistical issues in delivery of radiation during surgery (2). This is the first reported case of a borderline resectable pancreas cance ...[more]