Intravenøs gemcitabin har vundet udbredelse som den accepterede standard inden for behandling med kemoterapi ved fremskreden pancreascancer, men resultaterne af kombinationsbehandlingen af patienter med lokalt fremskreden (ikke- resektabel) eller metastaserende pancreascancer har været skuffende, og indehaveren af markedsføringstilladelsen anser fortsat monoterapi
Intravenous gemcitabine has become widely accepted as the standard of chemotherapy care for advanced pancreatic cancer but has yielded disappointing results as combination treatment in patients with locally advanced (nonresectable) or metastatic pancreatic cancer and the MAH considered that gemcitabine monotherapy remains the standard of chemotherapy care for advanced/metastatic, nonresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.