Progression-free survival as a surrogate endpoint for median overall survival in metastatic colorectal cancer: Literature-based analysis from 50 randomized first-line trials

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 225-235

  Giessen, Clemens ^a   Laubender, Ruediger Paul ^b   Ankerst, Donna Pauler ^c   Stintzing, Sebastian ^a   Modest, Dominik Paul ^a   Mansmann, Ulrich ^b   Heinemann, Volker ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; MONOTHERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84871954676     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: 15573265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-1515     Document Type: Article

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