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ReviewIndian journal of surgical oncology2015

Advances in chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

Bhawna Sirohi, Ashish Singh, Shaheenah Dawood, Shailesh V Shrikhande

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Review in Indian journal of surgical oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Bhawna SirohiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, India.
Ashish SinghDepartment of Medical Oncology, CMC, Vellore, India.
Shaheenah DawoodDubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE.
Shailesh V ShrikhandeDepartment of GI and HPB Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer remains challenging to treat. Over the past decade, there have been some major improvements in systemic therapy. Gemcitabine remains the key drug for both early and advanced cancer but combination chemotherapy is emerging as a new paradigm for patients with good performance status. This review focuses on current chemotherapy status for patients with pancreatic cancer.

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FOLFIRINOXGemcitabineNab-PaclitaxelPancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID25937764
PMCPMC4412866

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