Adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer - Current treatment approaches and future challenges

Citation
R. Wagman et A. Grann, Adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer - Current treatment approaches and future challenges, SURG CL NA, 81(3), 2001, pp. 667
Citations number
90
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
ISSN journal
00396109 → ACNP
Volume
81
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6109(200106)81:3<667:ATFPC->2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The past several decades have witnessed advances in the management of pancr eatic cancer; however, much remains to be accomplished. Emerging techniques in the fields of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunothera py offer hope for greater locoregional control, survival, and quality of li fe for these patients.