Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for localized adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: Great logic, grim reality

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 747-748

  Wolff, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035665321     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.10.747     Document Type: Editorial

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