A randomized phase III trial for advanced pancreatic cancer comparing gemcitabine with gemcitabine plus capecitabine has again demonstrated that combination chemotherapy provides no significant outcome advantage for patients. A marked change in treatment paradigm is essential if therapeutic interventions are to move beyond the persistently dismal outcome results for the majority of pancreatic cancer patients, as exemplified by the past decade of clinical research.
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Berlin, J., Benson III, A. Gemcitabine remains the standard of care for pancreatic cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 7, 135–137 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2010.16
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