Dose-escalated radiotherapy for unresectable or locally recurrent pancreatic cancer: Dose volume analysis, toxicity and outcome of 28 consecutive patients.

Dose-escalated radiotherapy for unresectable or locally recurrent pancreatic cancer: Dose volume analysis, toxicity and outcome of 28 consecutive patients.

The role of radiotherapy for unresectable pancreatic cancer is controversial. A benefit of additional radiotherapy is supported by some observations. A dose-effect relationship was recently found by dose escalation employing image guided and intensity modulated radiotherapy.We retrospectively evalua...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Zschaeck, Bibiana Blümke, Peter Wust, David Kaul, Marcus Bahra, Hanno Riess, Fritz Klein, Marianne Sinn, Uwe Pelzer, Volker Budach, Pirus Ghadjar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5638513?pdf=render

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