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Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Localized Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Great Logic, Grim Reality

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  1. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

    Robert A. Wolff MD

  2. MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holocombe Blvd., Box 426, Houston, TX, 77030

    Robert A. Wolff MD

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Wolff, R.A. Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Localized Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Great Logic, Grim Reality. Ann Surg Oncol 8, 747–748 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10434-001-0747-4

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