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Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD, on Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Gemcitabine, Cisplatin, and Veliparib

2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

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Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses phase II trial findings showing that cisplatin and gemcitabine, with or without veliparib, exceeded a prespecified response rate for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and a germline BRCA/PALB2 mutation (Abstract 639).



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