TumorDiagnostik & Therapie, Table of Contents TumorDiagnostik & Therapie 2007; 28(4): 195-199DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963398 Thieme Onkologie aktuell © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York Palliative Therapie des Pankreaskarzinoms Palliative treatment of pancreatic cancerT. Seufferlein1 , G. von Wichert1 , G. Adler1 1Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Universität Ulm Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article Schlüsselwörter Pankreaskarzinom - Chemotherapie - Gemcitabin Key words pancreatic cancer - chemotherapy - gemcitabine Full Text References Literatur 1 Abou-Alfa G K, Letourneau R, Harker G, Modiano M, Hurwitz H, Tchekmedyian N S, Feit K, Ackerman J, De Jager R L, Eckhardt S G, O’Reilly E M. Randomized phase III study of exatecan and gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine alone in untreated advanced pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2006; 24 4441-4447 2 Berlin J D, Catalano P, Thomas J P, Kugler J W, Haller D G, Benson A B. 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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006; 3 CD002093 Professor Dr. Thomas Seufferlein Abteilung Innere Medizin IUniversitätsklinikum Ulm Robert Koch-Straße 8 89081 Ulm Phone: 0731/5004-4508 Fax: 0731/5004-4502 Email: thomas.seufferlein@uniklinik-ulm.de