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Subgroup analyses in randomized controlled trials frequently categorized continuous subgroup information.
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2022-07-02)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate how subgroup analyses of published Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are performed when subgroups are created from continuous variables. METHODS: We carried out a review of RCTs ...
Optimising CT-guided biopsies of sclerotic bone lesions in cancer patients.
(SPRINGER, 2022-07-26)
OBJECTIVES: Investigate the laboratory, imaging and procedural factors that are associated with a tumour-positive and/or NGS-feasible CT-guided sclerotic bone lesion biopsy result in cancer patients. METHODS: In total, 113 ...
Overall survival indirect treatment comparison between brigatinib and alectinib for the treatment of front-line anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer using data from ALEX and final results from ALTA-1L.
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2022-07-28)
BACKGROUND: Second-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) alectinib and brigatinib have shown efficacy as front-line treatments for ALK-positive non-small cell lung ...
Everolimus Added to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Patients With High-Risk Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Primary Breast Cancer.
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2022-11-10)
PURPOSE: Everolimus, an oral inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin, improves progression-free survival in combination with endocrine therapy (ET) in postmenopausal women with aromatase inhibitor-resistant metastatic ...
Results of screening in early and advanced thoracic malignancies in the EORTC pan-European SPECTAlung platform.
(NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2022-05-18)
Access to a comprehensive molecular alteration screening is patchy in Europe and quality of the molecular analysis varies. SPECTAlung was created in 2015 as a pan-European screening platform for patients with thoracic ...
The Geriatric G8 Score Is Associated with Survival Outcomes in Older Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the ADHERE Prospective Study of the Meet-URO Network.
(MDPI, 2022-10-14)
Introduction: Androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) have been increasingly offered to older patients with prostate cancer (PC). However, prognostic factors relevant to their outcome with ARPIs are still little ...
Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour: State of the Art.
(MDPI, 2022-07-27)
An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a neoplasm composed of myofibroblastic and fibroblastic spindle cells accompanied by inflammatory cells, including lymphocytes and eosinophils. It is an ultra-rare tumor, the ...
Cost-effectiveness of 5 fraction and partial breast radiotherapy for early breast cancer in the UK: model-based multi-trial analysis.
(SPRINGER, 2022-11-17)
PURPOSE: We estimated the cost-effectiveness of 4 radiotherapy modalities to treat early breast cancer in the UK. In a subgroup of patients eligible for all modalities, we compared whole-breast (WB) and partial breast (PB) ...
On the road to improved outcomes by capturing leiomyosarcoma patients' views.
(FUTURE MEDICINE LTD, 2022-10-03)
An international collaborative project set up as a 'priority setting partnership' used a questionnaire to capture the views of patients, carers and clinicians about the sarcoma research agenda. Responses from 25 patients ...
Efficacy and safety of ripretinib in patients with KIT-altered metastatic melanoma.
(ELSEVIER, 2022-08-01)
BACKGROUND: Ripretinib, a broad-spectrum KIT and platelet-derived growth factor receptor A switch-control tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is approved for the treatment of adult patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal ...