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GEMCITABINE &CISPLATIN FOLLOWED BY RADIATION &SURGERY FOR PANCREATIC CANCER

$21,006M01FY2000RRNIH

New York University School Of Medicine, New York NY

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Abstract

This Phase I/II clinical trials aims to determine the response rate of cisplatin and gemcitabine as induction therapy of locally advanced pancreatic cancer; to determine the maximun tolerable dose of gemcitabine-cisplatin chemotherapy combined with radiation therapy in a Phase I study , in order to define an appropriate Phase II dose regimen and to determine the overall response rates of this combined modality regimen following induction chemotherapy; to determine the resectability rate for locally advanced lesions treated with this regimen; and to determine the time to failure for the entire treatment program.

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