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Phase III Randomised Comparison of Gemcitabine (GEM) Versus Gemcitabine Plus Capecitabine (GEM-CAP) in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
November 12, 2005

Chua YJ, Cunningham D, et al.
European Cancer Conference (ECCO 13), presentation/abstract PS11, Paris, France, 2005 November 2. Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England.

New research has found that adding another chemotherapy drug to standard treatment slightly prolongs the lives of patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer, raising the possibility that the combination might cure a greater proportion of people whose tumors are cut out.

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