Overall survival of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer improved with an increase in second-line chemotherapy after gemcitabine-based therapy

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Zhang, Yuan Dong ^a   Yang, Qiong ^a   Jiang, Zhi Min ^a   Ma, Wen ^a   Zhou, Si Wei ^a   Xie, De Rong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gemcitabine; Pancreatic neoplasms; Regression analysis; Salvage therapy

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; ERLOTINIB; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; IRINOTECAN; MARIMASTAT; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; PANCREAS CANCER; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952793227     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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