The Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology (HBPO) Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG): History and Future Direction

The Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) was constituted in April 2008 to develop new standard treatments for hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer. In pancreatic cancer, the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology Group focuses on establishing standard chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for unresectable locally advanced disease. The JCOG 0506 study was a Phase II study of gemcitabine alone to...