
Is concomitant radiotherapy necessary with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer?
Author(s) -
Xin Zhang,
Hejing Huang,
Dan Feng,
Dejun Yang,
Changming Wang,
Qing-Qing Cai
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17648
Subject(s) - gemcitabine , medicine , radiation therapy , leukocytopenia , concomitant , cochrane library , nausea , oncology , pancreatic cancer , chemotherapy , vomiting , meta analysis , cancer
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of gemcitabine (GEM) plus radiotherapy compared with GEM alone for pancreatic cancer (PC).