Neoadjuvant chemoradiation with IMRT in resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer
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Comments on--Neoadjuvant Chemo-radiation with IMRT in Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer.
We read with interest the article by Kharofa et al (2014) about the neoadjuvant chemo-radiation with IMRT in resectable and borderline resectable (BLR) pancreatic cancer. It is encouraging to see that patients with borderline resectable disease who are successfully down staged by neoadjuvant chemoradiation, had improved rate of R0 resection and resulted in improved loco-regional control and the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiotherapy and Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0167-8140
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.09.010