compared a combination of carboplatin and paclitaxel with single-agent chemotherapy (either gemcitabine or vinorelbine) in patients between ages 70 and 89 years. 43 In this study, median overall survival was better in the doublet arm, with a 4-month
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presented at the 2018 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. This trial of 542 patients compared pembrolizumab (200 mg every 3 weeks) with chemotherapy (vinflunine, paclitaxel, or docetaxel). 6 , 7 The overall response rates were higher with pembrolizumab than
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gemcitabine plus cisplatin as induction chemotherapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer . Lung Cancer 2002 ; 35 : 319 – 327 . 20. De Marinis F Nelli F Migliorino MR . Gemcitabine, paclitaxel, and cisplatin as induction chemotherapy for
Jaffer A. Ajani, Thomas A. D’Amico, Khaldoun Almhanna, David J. Bentrem, Stephen Besh, Joseph Chao, Prajnan Das, Crystal Denlinger, Paul Fanta, Charles S. Fuchs, Hans Gerdes, Robert E. Glasgow, James A. Hayman, Steven Hochwald, Wayne L. Hofstetter, David H. Ilson, Dawn Jaroszewski, Kory Jasperson, Rajesh N. Keswani, Lawrence R. Kleinberg, W. Michael Korn, Stephen Leong, A. Craig Lockhart, Mary F. Mulcahy, Mark B. Orringer, James A. Posey, George A. Poultsides, Aaron R. Sasson, Walter J. Scott, Vivian E. Strong, Thomas K. Varghese Jr, Mary Kay Washington, Christopher G. Willett, Cameron D. Wright, Debra Zelman, Nicole McMillian, and Hema Sundar
follow-up of 18 months, median OS time was 23 months. 42 The rate of locoregional progression-free survival (PFS), PFS, and 3-year OS rates were 60%, 29%, and 37%, respectively. Definitive chemoradiation with carboplatin and paclitaxel was also well
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carboplatin, gemcitabine, and paclitaxel followed by weekly paclitaxel was active and tolerable for patients with occult primary tumors and poor prognostic features. 59 Recently, Hainsworth et al. 63 , 64 reported that the combination of bevacizumab and
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good PS. The CALGB 9633 trial assessed paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with T2, N0, M0, stage IB lung cancer; 185 updated results have been reported. 186 , 187 In this trial, 344 patients (aged 34–81 years) were randomly assigned to either
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. 60 Preoperative Systemic Therapy in Patients With HER2 + Tumors: In women with HER2 + tumors treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the addition of neoadjuvant trastuzumab to paclitaxel followed by chemotherapy with FEC (fluorouracil
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include platinum agents (cisplatin, carboplatin), taxanes (paclitaxel, docetaxel), vinorelbine, vinblastine, etoposide, pemetrexed, and gemcitabine. Combinations using many of these drugs produce 1-year survival rates of 30% to 40% and are superior to
public interest and attention, Dr. Carlson reviewed the research and evidence leading to the decision for the NCCN Guidelines Panel to reaffirm its existing recommendation of bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech/Roche) in combination with paclitaxel (Taxol
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survival than those without acne-like rash ( P < .001). 48 Therefore, the presence of rash seems to be the best predictor of clinical benefit for patients treated with cetuximab. In a similarly designed BMS-099 trial that compared carboplatin/paclitaxel
