The Role of Radiation in Pancreatic Cancer
Margaret A. Tempero, MD, director, Pancreas Center, University of California, San Francisco, discusses the role of radiation for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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Margaret A. Tempero, MD, director, Pancreas Center, University of California, San Francisco, discusses the role of radiation for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
- Radiation has been traditionally used in the adjuvant setting and in the setting of locally advanced disease
- In an ongoing adjuvant trial, patients are treated after surgery with gemcitabine followed by radiation or observation
- In a completed trial, radiation does not seem to add anything with a gemcitabine-based therapy
- Questions remain regarding the role of radiation with the advent of more effective chemotherapy regimens
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