Efficacy and safety of gemcitabine plus erlotinib for locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 1961-1972

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Hu, Guo Fang ^a   Zhang, Qian Qian ^a   Tang, Ning ^a   Guo, Jun ^b   Liu, Li Yan ^b   Han, Xiao ^b   Wang, Xia ^b   Wang, Zhe Hai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced pancreatic cancer; Chemotherapy; Meta analysis; Targeted agent

Indexed keywords

ERLOTINIB; GEMCITABINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEOXYCYTIDINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RASH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; META ANALYSIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; ERLOTINIB HYDROCHLORIDE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84975270441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11778881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S105442     Document Type: Article

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