Adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine vs observation in patients undergoing curative-intent resection of pancreatic cancer: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in JAMA on January 17, 2007

Authors

Helmut Oettle1, Stefan Post, Peter Neuhaus, Klaus Gellert, Jan Langrehr, Karsten Ridwelski, Harald Schramm, Joerg Fahlke, Carl Zuelke, Christof Burkart, Klaus Gutberlet, Erika Kettner, Harald Schmalenberg, Karin Weigang-Koehler, Wolf-Otto Bechstein, Marco Niedergethmann, Ingo Schmidt-Wolf, Lars Roll, Bernd Doerken, Hanno Riess

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Charité School of Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. helmut.oettle@charite.de

Associated clinical trials:

Neoadjuvant Modified FOLFIRINOX in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer | NCT02749136

Safety and Efficacy Study of Five-fraction Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer | NCT02704156

Exploratory Platform Trial to Evaluate Immunotherapy Combinations With Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Patients With Previously Untreated Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (REVOLUTION) | NCT04787991

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