Latest pancreatic cancer treatment
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Researchers from the US Based Radiation Therapy Oncology Group said that according to their findings, a combination of the chemotherapy 5-FU and gemcitabine (Gemzar) should be the new standard treatment for patients who have undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer.
5-FU was also the drug father should have been prescribed if he had opted to undergo chemotherapy. But father kind of made his last joke when he said " F you 5-FU! " …
The clinical tests involved more than 500 people who suffered from the disease.
About half of them were treated with gemcitabine alone and the other half received gemcitabine along with another chemotherapy treatment with either cisplatin or Eloxatin.
It appears that a combination of other drugs with chemotherapy gemcitabine is able to extend the lives of people whose cancer is already in the advanced stage.
As you can see: there is no mention about quality of life, just mention of "extend the lives" …
It was also found that higher-than-standard doses of gemcitabine, or combining gemcitabine with oxaliplatin does not seem to benefit sufferers of advanced pancreatic cancer.
All in all not the break through latest pancreatic cancer treatment I was hoping for.
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