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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;77(6):695-702.
- 췌장암의 최신치료
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김재우
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- Recent treatment of pancreatic cancer
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Jae Woo Kim
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- Abstract
- Pancreatic cancer has a high mortality rate and short survival as a result of the high incidence of metastatic disease at diagnosis, the fatal clinical course, and the lack of successful therapeutic strategies. Gemcitabine remains the only standard of care for this disease. Increasing combination therapies containing gemcitabine have been tested or are undergoing investigation. In the last decade, despite a number of clinical trials assessing novel cytotoxic agents and cell signaling inhibitors, the overall survival has reached a plateau that remains difficult to improve on. This review presents recent developments involving newer chemotherapeutic and molecular targeted agents, and identifies efforts for individualized treatment strategies.
Keywords :Pancreatic cancer, Gemcitabine, Survival, Clinical trial
