But the paclitaxel triggered an extreme, nearly overwhelming allergic response, so he switched her to a regimen of carboplatin plus gemcitabine.

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The data will make it difficult, he says, for doctors to look pancreatic cancer patients in the eye and give them gemcitabine alone.

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Dr Feher and his colleagues examined the effect of two chemotherapy drugs - epirubicin and gemcitabine - on women aged 60 years and older.

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Patients on a combination of Abraxane and gemcitabine, another chemotherapy, lived for a median 8.5 months, compared to 6.7 months for those that received gemcitabine alone.

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