Evaluation of progression-free survival as a surrogate endpoint for survival in chemotherapy and targeted agent metastatic colorectal cancer trials

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 969-976

  Sidhu, Roger ^a,b   Rong, Alan ^b   Dahlberg, Steve ^b  

^a Clinical Development   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE PLUS OXALIPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WILD TYPE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84874912760     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: 15573265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-2502     Document Type: Article

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