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ArticleCancers2019

Network Meta-Analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Chemotherapy and Target Therapy in the First-Line Setting of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.

Kun-I Lin, Jia-Lian Yang, Yu-Chao Lin, Che-Yi Chou, Jin-Hua Chen, Chin-Chuan Hung

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Article in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kun-I LinDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan.
Jia-Lian YangDepartment of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4379-116X
Yu-Chao LinGraduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Che-Yi ChouDivision of Nephrology, Asia University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Jin-Hua ChenGraduate Institute of Data Science, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Chin-Chuan HungDepartment of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1395-4834
China Medical University · TWAsia University · TWProvidence University · TWTaipei Medical University · TW

Funding

Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital RD108003China Medical University and Asia University CMU108-ASIA-04Ministry of Science and Technology MOST 108-2320-B-039-042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both gemcitabine and fluoropyrimidine are recommended backbones in the first-line treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). To compare the efficacy and safety of these two therapeutic backbones, and to investigate the optimal therapies, we conducted a network meta-analysis. By retrospective analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT), the most preferred therapeutic regimen may be predicted. The eligible RCTs of the gemcitabine-based therapies and fluoropyrimidine-based therapies were searched up to 31 August 2019. In a frequentist network meta-analysis, treatments were compared and ranked according to overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Thirty-two trials with 10,729 patients were included. The network meta-analyses results for overall survival and progression-free survival showed that fluoropyrimidine-based therapy seems to be the most effective treatment choice. Compared to gemcitabine combined with taxanes or immunotherapy, fluoropyrimidine-based therapy had comparable treatment effects (PFS: 0.67,

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advanced pancreatic canceradverse effectschemotherapyefficacy outcomestarget therapy

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PMID31703359
PMCPMC6895788
OpenAlexW2985763963

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