Combination therapy versus gemcitabine monotherapy in the treatment of elderly pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue , 2018, Pages 475-480

  Jin, Jiamin ^a   Teng, Chunbo ^a   Li, Tao ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elderly; Meta analysis; Pancreatic cancer; Randomized controlled trials; Targeted agents

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; CAPECITABINE; ERLOTINIB; GEMCITABINE; MASITINIB; PACLITAXEL; PLACEBO; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEOXYCYTIDINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PANCREAS TUMOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85044277466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11778881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S156766     Document Type: Article

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