© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 22, 1670-1672,
November 20, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Chemoradiation Protocols Offer Only Incremental Gains for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
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Despite the apparent success of several chemoradiation regimens in converting patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer to resectable status, investigators at a recent meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO) lamented the lack of progress against a cancer that continues to have an almost universally poor prognosis and called for new therapeutic strategies to improve outcomes.
"The trials in pancreatic cancer all have a little bit of the feel of rearranging the deck chairs on the