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days 1 and 8 and S-1, 40 mg/m 2 orally twice daily for 14 days every 21 days for 2 cycles) in the neoadjuvant setting for resectable and BR PDAC. 29 A total of 35 patients received treatment, 19 of whom had clearly resectable disease. Neutropenia
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were not predictive of survival. Grade 3 or worse treatment-related adverse events were reported in 30% (14/46) of patients; the most common events were increased lipase and febrile neutropenia (7% [3/46] for both). 22 None of the adverse events were
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