Clinical outcomes of chemotherapy in patients with undifferentiated carcinoma of the pancreas: a retrospective multicenter cohort study

Clinical outcomes of chemotherapy in patients with undifferentiated carcinoma of the pancreas: a retrospective multicenter cohort study

Abstract Background Undifferentiated carcinoma (UC) of the pancreas is a rare subtype of pancreatic cancer. Although UC has been considered a highly aggressive malignancy, no clinical studies have addressed the efficacy of chemotherapy for unresectable UC. Therefore, we conducted multicenter retrosp...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Imaoka, Masafumi Ikeda, Kosuke Maehara, Kumiko Umemoto, Masato Ozaka, Satoshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Terashima, Hiroto Inoue, Chihiro Sakaguchi, Kunihiro Tsuji, Kazuhiko Shioji, Keiya Okamura, Yasuyuki Kawamoto, Rei Suzuki, Hirofumi Shirakawa, Hiroaki Nagano, Makoto Ueno, Chigusa Morizane, Junji Furuse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Undifferentiated carcinoma
Pancreatic cancer
Anaplastic carcinoma
Chemotherapy
Osteoclast-like giant cells
Paclitaxel
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-07462-4

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