Metastatic acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas responding to gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin therapy: A case report

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-319

  Sorscher, S M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinar carcinoma; Chemotherapy and metastatic; Gemcitabine; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SECONDARY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 65349089463     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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