Palliative chemotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a retrospective cohort analysis of efficacy and toxicity of the FOLFIRINOX regimen focusing on the older patient

Palliative chemotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a retrospective cohort analysis of efficacy and toxicity of the FOLFIRINOX regimen focusing on the older patient

Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer occurs more frequently in older patients, but these are underrepresented in the phase III clinical studies that established the current treatment standards. This leads to uncertainty regarding the treatment of older patients with potentially toxic but active reg...

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Main Authors: Anne Katrin Berger, Georg Martin Haag, Martin Ehmann, Anne Byl, Dirk Jäger, Christoph Springfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Pancreatic cancer
Elderly patients
Folfirinox
Toxicity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-017-0709-3

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