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Dose escalation of radiation therapy with or without induction chemotherapy for unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer

BACKGROUND: Dose escalation of conventionally fractionated radiation therapy (CFRT) above 45–54 Gy has an unclear survival benefit. Prior National Cancer Database (NCDB) analyses have shown improved overall survival with induction chemotherapy (iC) prior to concurrent chemoradiation (CRT) in locally...

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Autores principales: Ma, Sung Jun, Prezzano, Kavitha M., Hermann, Gregory M., Singh, Anurag K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6219058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30400962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-018-1158-z