Current chemotherapeutic possibilities in pancreaticobiliary cancer
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Current chemotherapeutic possibilities in pancreaticobiliary cancer.
At time of presentation the majority of patients with pancreaticobiliary cancer have locally advanced or metastatic disease which makes them unamenable for curative surgery. In these patients chemotherapy is an option which has gained more support over the past few years. Special problems faced in chemotherapeutic treatment are the patient's poor condition and the difficulties faced in evaluati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/10.suppl_4.s157