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ArticleOncology letters2013

Efficacy of sorafenib in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the third- or fourth-line treatment: A retrospective multicenter experience.

Umut Kefeli, Mustafa Benekli, Alper Sevinc, Ramazan Yildiz, Muhammed Ali Kaplan, Aydin Ciltas, Ozan Balakan, Abdurrahman Isikdogan, Ugur Coskun, Faysal Dane and 8 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Umut KefeliDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul;
Mustafa Benekli
Alper Sevinc
Ramazan Yildiz
Muhammed Ali Kaplan
Aydin Ciltas
Ozan Balakan
Abdurrahman Isikdogan
Ugur Coskun
Faysal Dane
Hakan Harputluoglu
Halit Karaca
Dogan Yazilitas
Ayse Durnali
Ali Osman Kaya
Umut Demirci
Mahmut Gumus
Suleyman Buyukberber
Gazi University · TRDicle University · TRDr Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRGaziantep University · TRErciyes University · TRInonu University · TRIstanbul Medeniyet University · TRKonya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRMarmara University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sorafenib is a multi-targeted tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor used to treat patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). The present study evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of sorafenib therapy for patients with GISTs. Between January 2001 and November 2012, 25 patients, from multiple centers, who had received sorafenib as the third- or fourth-line treatment for GISTs were investigated retrospectively. In total, 17 patients were male and eight were female. The median age was 54.0 years (range, 16-82 years). From the patients, 21 received imatinib for longer than six months and four received it for less than six months. The clinical benefit rate of sorafenib was 40.0%. Treatment-related adverse events were reported in 72% of patients. These adverse events were generally mild to moderate in intensity. The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) times of the patients who received sorafenib were 7.2 and 15.2 months, respectively. The duration of imatinib usage was an independent prognostic factor for PFS and OS. Sorafenib is an effective treatment in patients with GISTs showing a clinical benefit rate of 40.0% and an acceptable tolerability.

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efficacygastrointestinal stromal tumorssorafenib

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PMID24137379
PMCPMC3789037
OpenAlexW2107892274

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