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Effective radiotherapeutic treatment intensification in patients with pancreatic cancer: higher doses alone, higher RBE or both?

Pancreatic cancer, especially in case of locally advanced stage has a poor prognosis. Radiotherapy in general can lead to tumor volume reduction, but further improvements, such as ion beam therapy have to be promoted in order to enable dose escalation, which in turn results in better local control r...

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Autores principales: Dreher, Constantin, Habermehl, Daniel, Jäkel, Oliver, Combs, Stephanie E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29282139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0945-2