Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: Need for standardization and methods for optimal clinical trial design

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2787-2795

  Katz, Matthew H G ^a   Marsh, Robert ^b   Herman, Joseph M ^c   Shi, Qian ^d   Collison, Eric ^e   Venook, Alan P ^e   Kindler, Hedy L ^f   Alberts, Steven R ^d   Philip, Philip ^g   Lowy, Andrew M ^h   Pisters, Peter W T ^a   Posner, Mitchell C ^f   Berlin, Jordan D ⁱ   Ahmad, Syed A ^j  

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

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g Karmanos Cancer Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PILOT STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84880252981     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-2886-9     Document Type: Article

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