Role of radiation therapy in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer

Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Palta, Manisha ^a   Willett, Christopher ^a   Czito, Brian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 79961235686     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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