Intraperitoneal Gemcitabine Chemotherapy Treatment for Patients with Resected Pancreatic Cancer: Rationale and Report of Early Data

Currently, the surgical management of pancreas cancer is recognized around the world as inadequate. Despite a potentially curative R0 resection, long-term survival is rare. There is a strong rationale for the use of chemotherapy in the operating room to reduce local-regional of recurrent/progressive...

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Main Authors: Paul H. Sugarbaker, O. Anthony Stuart, Lana Bijelic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Surgical Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/161862