Adjuvant treatment for pancreatic cancer – pro
There is no universally accepted standard approach to treat patients with pancreatic cancer in the adjuvant setting. This controversy derives from several studies, each fraught with its own limitations.
NCCN provides several choices, among them gemcitabine and capecitabine, Adjuvant gemcitabine plus capecitabine significantly improved overall survival compared with gemcitabine monotherapy in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to results of the ESPAC-4 trial presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2016 Annual Meeting.
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