The role of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with resected pancreatic cancer: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis [PDF]
Background: In patients undergoing surgery for resectable pancreatic cancer prognosis still remains poor. The role of adjuvant treatment strategies (including chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy) following resection of pancreatic cancer remains ...
Bakkevold KE +17 more
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Objectives: The objective of this study was to update the long-term outcome in the treatment of locally advanced upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) regarding the role of adjuvant chemotherapy.
Hyung Suk Kim +5 more
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Supplemental prophylactic intervention for chemotherapy-induced nausea and emesis (spice) trial: Protocol for a multi-centre double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial [PDF]
Aim: There is significant recent interest in the role of ginger root (Zingiber officinale) as an adjuvant therapy for chemotherapy‐induced nausea. The supplemental prophylactic intervention for chemotherapy‐induced nausea and emesis (SPICE) trial aims
Bird, Robert +9 more
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and trastuzumab versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by post-operative trastuzumab for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer [PDF]
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus trastuzumab (NCT) increases the rate of pathological complete response (pCR) and event-free survival (EFS) compared to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC) alone in women with HER2 positive breast cancer (BC).
Ades, F +16 more
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Current Oncological Treatment of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer in Germany: Results from a National Survey on behalf of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie and the Chirurgische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Onkologie of the Germany Cancer Society [PDF]
Background: No data have previously been available regarding the current treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) in German hospitals and medical practices.
Boeck, Stefan +6 more
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Background Biliary tract cancers (BTC) have a poor prognosis even after curative resection because of frequent local and distant recurrences. Therefore, the importance of adjuvant therapy in BTC has been advocated to improve outcomes. However, the choice
Hyera Kim, Mi Hwa Heo, Jin Young Kim
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Cisplatin-based chemotherapy of testicular cancer - Two decades after a major breakthrough [PDF]
Two decades ago the introduction of cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy has dramatically improved the prognosis of patients with metastatic testicular cancer, At present 3 cycles of cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycin are considered as standard ...
Gerl, Arthur
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Variations in the body mass index in Brazilian women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer [PDF]
PURPOSE:To evaluate variations in the body mass index in patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, and to associate these changes with patient's age and adjuvant chemotherapy regimen.METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study in
Marcos Desídérío Ricci +7 more
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Prognostic value of lymph node ratio and extramural vascular invasion on survival for patients undergoing curative colon cancer resection [PDF]
There was no study funding. We are grateful to Tony Rafferty (Tailored Information for the People of Scotland, TIPs) for providing survival data.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
A Bhangu +31 more
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The impact of loco-regional recurrences on metastatic progression in early-stage breast cancer: a multistate model [PDF]
To study whether the effects of prognostic factors associated with the occurrence of distant metastases (DM) at primary diagnosis change after the incidence of loco-regional recurrences (LRR) among women treated for invasive stage I or II breast cancer ...
A Fourquet +43 more
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