Adjuvant Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer

Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas carries a grim prognosis. Surgery is currently the only curative option, but even the few patients undergoing complete resection of early localised disease run a high risk for relapse and death. Although numerous clinical trials have been conducted during the past 20 years to find an effective adjuvant treatment, thus far no general consensus on the most appropriate regimen has been reached. In a small randomised...