Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)

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• Arch Surg · Jan 2008

  Meta Analysis

  Influence of resection margins and treatment on survival in patients with pancreatic cancer: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  To assess the influence of resection margins and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy on survival for patients with pancreatic cancer by meta-analysis of individual data from randomized controlled trials. ⋯ Adjuvant chemotherapy but not chemoradiotherapy should be the standard of care for patients with either R0 or R1 resections for pancreatic cancer.

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