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Table 1 Main Phase III studies comparing combination chemotherapy versus single-agent gemcitabine in advanced pancreatic cancer
Table 2 Ongoing clinical trials investigating the addition of an anti-stroma agent to the combination of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in pancreatic cancer
Table 3 Main clinical trials with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in other treatment settings of pancreatic cancer
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