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ArticleOncotarget2017

Role of nab-paclitaxel in metastatic breast cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Yun Liu, Guoxin Ye, Dali Yan, Lei Zhang, Fan Fan, Jifeng Feng

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yun Liu *Department of Medical Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanjing 210009, China.
Guoxin Ye *Division of Nephrology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Dali YanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanjing 210009, China.
Lei ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanjing 210009, China.
Fan FanDepartment of Medical Oncology, No.2 Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, China.
Jifeng FengDepartment of Medical Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanjing 210009, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whether nab-paclitaxel and conventional taxanes are equally effective for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) remains unclear. We conducted meta-analysis of trials that compared nab-paclitaxel-based chemotherapy with solvent-based paclitaxel (sb-paclitaxel) and docetaxel-based chemotherapy. A literature search was performed to identify articles that compared nab-paclitaxel-based chemotherapy with sb-paclitaxel or docetaxel-based chemotherapy for MBC. Four randomized controlled trials (1,506 patients) were identified from 1,268 reports. We detected equivalent overall response, overall survival, and survival probability (one-year, two-year). Grade 3 to 4 hematological and non-hematological toxicities were also comparable except that sensory neuropathy was more prominent for nab-paclitaxel-based chemotherapy (16.9% vs. 10%, odds ratio = 1.89, 95% confidence interval = 1.36-2.61,

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breast cancerchemotherapymeta-analysisnab-paclitaxeltaxanes

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PMID29069839
PMCPMC5641182

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