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Comparative Effectiveness of Gemcitabine plus Nab-Paclitaxel and FOLFIRINOX in the First-Line Setting of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy and Safety of Combination Therapy With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine and Nab-Paclitaxel in Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review.Cancer medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy and toxicities of modified FOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel as first-line chemotherapy for unresectable pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with pancreatic cancer.ESMO open · 2025Guideline
- NALIRIFOX, FOLFIRINOX, and Gemcitabine With Nab-Paclitaxel as First-Line Chemotherapy for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of different second line treatments for metastatic pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2023Pooled it
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- Equivalent Efficacy but Different Safety Profiles of Gemcitabine Plus Nab-Paclitaxel and FOLFIRINOX in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.Biomolecules · 2021Trial
- Activity and Safety of NAB-FOLFIRI and NAB-FOLFOX as First-Line Treatment for metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (NabucCO Study).Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Trial
- Real-World Assessment of Health Care Costs for Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Following Initiation of First-Line Chemotherapy.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2020Trial
- CPT1A through succinylation regulates the CTCF/LINC01503‒91aa feedback loop to promote gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Clinical and translational medicine · 2026Article
- Ferroptosis Suppression by the MAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Optimized chemotherapy sequence for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients: FOLFIRINOX followed by Gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Optimization of first-line treatment selection in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma using artificial intelligence.NPJ precision oncology · 2026Article
- Comparative Proteomic Profiling of Responses to Standard Systemic Treatment Regimens in Pancreatic Cancer.Cells · 2026Article
- Real-world comparative effectiveness of FOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel in metastatic pancreatic cancer: prognostic impact of metastatic site and burden in a Middle Eastern cohort.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2026Article
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- Stromal secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine expression: A potential target for improved prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- Emerging therapeutic advancements in pancreatic cancer: a contemporary review.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- FedECA: federated external control arms for causal inference with time-to-event data in distributed settings.Nature communications · 2025Article
- LPA released from dying cancer cells after chemotherapy inactivates Hippo signaling and promotes pancreatic cancer cell repopulation.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025Article
17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (GEM-NAB) and the combination of 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan (FOLFIRINOX) are valid first-line options for advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer (mPC). However, no randomized trials comparing the two schemes have been performed. This meta-analysis aims to compare GEM-NAB and FOLFIRINOX in terms of safety and effectiveness, taking into account data from real-life studies on mPC. We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane library up to November 2018 to identify retrospective or cohort studies on mPC comparing GEM-NAB and FOLFIRINOX. We included 16 retrospective studies, including 3813 patients (2123 treated with GEM-NAB and 1690 treated with FOLFIRINOX). Despite a median weighted overall survival (OS) difference in favor of FOLFIRINOX (mean difference: 1.15, 95% confidence interval CI 0.08⁻2.22,
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