The Treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Practice Guideline

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth most common cause of adult cancer death. About 50% of patients present with metastatic disease, 20% with resectable disease and the remaining 30% of patients are diagnosed with incurable, locally advanced unresectable but nonmetastatic pancreatic c...

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Main Authors: Craig C Earle, Olusegun Agboola, Jean Maroun, Lisa Zuraw, Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Disease Site Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2003-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/410276
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spelling doaj-art-93db96c1920e4a14bd3811ff842e1f532025-08-20T03:37:20ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002003-01-0117316116710.1155/2003/410276The Treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Practice GuidelineCraig C Earle0Olusegun Agboola1Jean Maroun2Lisa Zuraw3Cancer Care Ontario Practice Guidelines Initiative’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Disease Site GroupDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachussetts, USAOttawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaOttawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth most common cause of adult cancer death. About 50% of patients present with metastatic disease, 20% with resectable disease and the remaining 30% of patients are diagnosed with incurable, locally advanced unresectable but nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/410276
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