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Pancreatic Cancer

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Other Advances in Gastrointestinal Cancers
May 30, 2009

New research shows advances in the treatment of colorectal, anal, pancreatic, gastric, and rectal cancer.
Chemotherapy Helps Patients With Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer Live Longer
May 31, 2008

In a large clinical trial of adjuvant therapy (treatment after surgery) for early-stage pancreatic cancer, researchers evaluated whether treatment with gemcitabine (Gemzar) helped patients live longer.
Adjuvant Chemotherapy Delays Return of Pancreatic Cancer and May Improve Survival
May 14, 2005

The first phase III clinical trial to test adjuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy after surgery) with gemcitabine (Gemzar) for people with operable pancreatic cancer (cancer that can be surgically removed) shows that this treatment nearly doubles the amount of time it takes for the cancer to return.
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