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With the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, the majority of patients are faced with an unexpected tragedy. There is a persistently low rate of curability, a so-called case fatality rate of around 95%.
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Riess, H., Goerke, A., Oettle, H. (2008). Pancreatic Cancer: Step by Step Forward. In: Pancreatic Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 177. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71279-4_1
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