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Chemoradiation in pancreatic carcinoma
- Source :
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Cancer Radiothérapie . Aug2003, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p254. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Prognosis of pancreatic carcinoma remains poor, with one-year and five-year overall survival rates of 20 and 5% respectively. Only 5 to 15% of patients present with tumors amenable to resection. Long-term (5 years) survival after curative resection is less than 20%, and the median survival is about 12 months. This paper updates recent trends about concomitant chemoradiation. At first, a review of the studies on adjuvant chemoradiation after surgery is proposed. Then, indications of preoperative chemoradiation for patients with localized resectable adenocarcinoma are discussed. The last part concerns the most important and recent studies about chemoradiation in locally advanced pancreatic cancer, either with 5-fluoro-uracile or based on new drugs like gemcitabine. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *PANCREATIC diseases
*CANCER
*SURGICAL excision
*ADENOCARCINOMA
*RADIOTHERAPY
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Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 12783218
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Cancer Radiothérapie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10505652
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S1278-3218(03)00027-1