Complete remission in patients with pancreatic cancer: A rare but sometimes achievable event

Onkologie

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-66

  Kirste, T ^a   Hauns, B ^a   Eichelmann, A ^a   Brinkmann, R ^a   Beller, J ^a   Mross, K ^a,b   Unger, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinik fur Internistische Onkologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Gemcitabine; Ginkgo biloba extract; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GBE 761; GEMCITABINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL;

EID: 0031947863     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026778     Document Type: Article

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