A case report - Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with combination of S-1 and gemcitabine in a patient with locally advanced pancreatic cancer

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2430-2432

  Watanabe, Fumiaki ^a   Honda, Goro ^a   Kurata, Masanao ^a   Tsuruta, Koji ^a   Tokashiki, Tadashi ^a   Funada, Nobuaki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced pancreatic cancer; Gemcitabine; Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy; S 1

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; NEUTROPENIA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PYLORUS; RADIATION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84864616166     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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