Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 314-317 , June 2008

Radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer: Systematic nihilism or intraoperative realism

  • Felipe A. Calvo

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Oncologı´a, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Felipe A. Calvo, Departamento de Oncologı´a, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Dr. Esuqerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
    • ,
  • Vincenzo Valentini

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Radioterapia, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Roma, Italy

Received 28 March 2008 ,Accepted 28 March 2008.

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