Adjuvant Radiotherapy and 5-Fluorouracil After Curative Resection of Cancer of the Pancreas and Periampullary Region

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Authors

Jean H. G. Klinkenbijl

Johannes Jeekel

Tarek Sahmoud · European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

Renée van Pel

M.L. Couvreur · European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer

C.H.N. Veenhof

Jean Arnaud · Université d'Angers

Dionisio González

L T de Wit

A. Hennipman

Abstract

Adjuvant radiotherapy in combination with 5-fluorouracil is safe and well tolerated. However, the benefit in this study was small; routine use of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy is not warranted as standard treatment in cancer of the head of the pancreas or periampullary region.

Topics & Keywords

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 230, Issue 6, pp. 776-776

DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199912000-00006

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