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Effect of adjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus folinic acid or gemcitabine vs observation on survival in patients with resected periampullary adenocarcinoma: the ESPAC-3 periampullary cancer randomized trial.
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CONTEXT: Patients with periampullary adenocarcinomas undergo the same resectional surgery as that of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Although adjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to have a survival benefit for pancreatic cancer, there have been no randomized trials for periampullary adenocarcinomas. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether adjuvant chemotherapy (fluorouracil or gemcitabine) provides improved overall survival following resection. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: The Europ...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- JAMA
- Volume:
- 308
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 147-156
- Publication date:
- 2012-07-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1538-3598
- ISSN:
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0098-7484
- Source identifiers:
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344639
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:344639
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- pubs:344639
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- 2012
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