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Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2013
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2015
gemcitabine
Patients received intravenous 500-1000 ml normal saline and antiemetic medication before chemotherapy. Treatment consisted of intravenous gemcitabine at a dose of 1000 mg/m2 diluted in 500 ml of normal saline administered over 30 minutes mg/m2 diluted in 500 ml of normal saline administered over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8, followed by cisplatin 35 mg/m2 administered over 2 hours on day 1 and 8.
cisplatin
35 mg/m2 administered over 2 hours on day 1 and 8.
chemoradiation
external beam radiotherapy concomitant with weekly cisplatin 40mg/m2
Instituto de Medicina Integral Fernando Figueira, Recife
Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Brazil
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Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute
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