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Review Article| Volume 32, ISSUE 1, P143-151, January 2023

Surgeon-Led Clinical Trials in Pancreatic Cancer

  • Akhil Chawla
    Affiliations
    Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N. St. Clair St., Suite 650Chicago, IL 60611, USA

    Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Cristina R. Ferrone
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Wang 460, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114.
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    Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Published:November 03, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soc.2022.08.001

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