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Postoperative adjuvant therapy
Author(s) -
Kosuge Tomoo,
Sakamoto Yoshihiro,
Ueno Hideki
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 1868-6974
DOI - 10.1007/s00534-011-0433-2
Subject(s) - medicine , adjuvant , chemotherapy , pancreatic cancer , radiation therapy , adjuvant chemotherapy , adjuvant therapy , oncology , surgery , cancer , breast cancer
After a lengthy search for an effective treatment for resected pancreatic cancer, evidence accumulated in the past 10 years shows that adjuvant chemotherapy is firmly established as offering a modest but real improvement in overall survival. However, the optimal choice of treatment modality (chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy) remains highly controversial. Results from ongoing studies will further optimize the treatment over the next decade.