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Background - Rationale Aflibercept The addition of aflibercept to the standard FOLFIRI regimen as second-line therapy was evaluated in a large phase III study (EFC10262-VELOUR). This combination significantly improved both PFS (4.7 to 6.9 months, HR=0.76; P=<0.001) and OS (12.1 to 13.5 months,
Pancreatic cancer is a rapidly developing cancer with a poor prognosis. 5-year survival is 6% in Europe and the USA. The FOLFIRINOX protocol has become the standard medical treatment for this pathology. However, FOLFIRINOX is the cause of severe toxicities dominated by leuko-neutropenia,
Standards of care for patients with rectal cancer are evolving over time. Surgery for rectal cancer is associated with significant short- and long-term side effects for patients, including changes in bowel function, self-image, ability to work, and sexual function. Emerging data indicates that some
Randomized, open-label, parallel-group, multicenter, phase III trial with two arms, one with acalabrutinib (Arm A) and the other with the standard of care for the management of early Binet stage A patients "clinical observation (watch & wait)" (Arm B) in patients with untreated early stage CLL and
Chemotherapy has life-threatening or distressing side effects such febrile neutropenia, infections, mucositis, nausea, vomiting, fatigue. Mucositis is defined as inflammatory and/or ulcerative lesions of the oral and/or gastrointestinal tract that can be caused by high dose chemotherapy, Infectious
The combination of Oxaliplatin and Gemcitabine has synergistic effects on a variety of human cancer cell lines in vitro. Clinically, it has demonstrated activity in other malignancies including lung, and pancreas. In the former study, poor prognosis advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. More than 50% of patients can be expected to develop metastatic disease, and most of these patients will require palliative systemic therapy. The primary goal for patients who present with technically resectable liver
Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is a common term for malignant tumors that occur in gallbladder and bile duct, the path in which bile is released. According to the anatomical location, biliary tract cancer is divided into intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and extrahepatic
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To estimate the safety and tolerability (adverse event rate) of the combination of palbociclib and letrozole or fulvestrant in adults age 70 or older with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To describe the full toxicity
Consensual antibiotic protocols have been developed and validated locally by infectious disease specialists, internists and emergency physicians, in order to encourage their compliance. A preliminary study was conducted from June 2015 (setting up protocols) to February 2016, including 622 patients
Few results directly study the combination of docetaxel and oxaliplatin in the squamous cell cancer of the esophagus, but some studies have shown that it is safe to In the phase II study for the patients with gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, a prior study reported the efficacy and safety of
Breast cancer is the most common non cutaneous cancer in U.S. women, with an estimated 63,960 cases of in situ disease and 266,120 cases of invasive disease in 2018. (American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures 2018). On the basis of ER, PR, and HER2/neu results, breast cancer is classified as
Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a lymphoid neoplasm characterized by the presence of CD30-positive Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells in a background of inflammatory cells. The majority of patients with HL have a good outcome with first-line chemotherapy such as ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and
Pancreatic cancer continues to be a highly lethal disease with an overall 5 year survival of only 8%. Since 2004, the incidence of pancreatic cancer has been increasing by 1.5% per year and it is estimated that there will be 53,670 new cases diagnosed in the United States in 2017, with 43,090