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Adjuvant Gemcitabine Comparable to Fluorouracil for Resected Pancreatic Cancer
Adjuvant Gemcitabine Comparable to Fluorouracil for Resected Pancreatic Cancer
MA Moon
20100808
2010 Sept 8
Elsevier Global Medical News
Adjuvant Gemcitabine Comparable to Fluorouracil for Resected Pancreatic Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Sept 8, MA Moon
Gemcitabine as adjuvant chemotherapy following complete resection for pancreatic cancer did not improve overall survival when compared with standard chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus folinic acid in a randomized, controlled, open-label phase III trial, according to a report in the Sept. 8 issue of JAMA. In what they described as "the largest ever adjuvant trial conducted in pancreatic cancer," median overall survival and median progression-free survival were essentially the same between the two...