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Have the results of LAP07 caused your institution to pursue more aggressive systemic therapy before radiotherapy in the treatment of pancreatic cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Chemotherapy is the standard of care for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. There are two standard regimens, Gem/A and FolfirinOX. These regimens are modestly better then gemcitabine alone, but there is a clear barrier in median survival of 12 months. This will probably never be surpassed with chem...

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