ReviewCancers2021
Efficacy of Afatinib in the Treatment of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness, safety and pharmacokinetics of Polo-like kinase 1 inhibitors in tumor therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Molecular Crosstalk and Therapeutic Synergy: Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Cannabidiol in Oral Cancer Treatment.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- MEK Is a Potential Indirect Target in Subtypes of Head and Neck Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Combined treatment with inhibitors of ErbB Receptors and Hh signaling pathways is more effective than single treatment in reducing the growth of malignant mesothelioma both in vitro and in vivo.Journal of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Biodegradable Carbonate Apatite Nanoparticle as a Delivery System to Promote Afatinib Delivery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment.Pharmaceutics · 2022Article
- Small Molecule Inhibitors in Adult High-Grade Glioma: From the Past to the Future.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Young Patients Show Higher Rates ofFrontiers in oncology · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluated the afatinib efficacy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC). This review systemically outlined and meta-analyzed the afatinib efficacy in NSCLC and R/M HNSCC in terms of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) endpoints. Records were retrieved from PubMed, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect from 2011 to 2020. Eight afatinib RCTs were included and assessed for the risk of bias. In meta-analysis, overall pooled effect size (ES) of OS in afatinib group (AG) significantly improved in all RCTs and NSCLC-RCTs [hazard ratios (HRs): 0.89 (95% CI: 0.81-0.98,
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