Assessment of Ramucirumab plus paclitaxel as switch maintenance versus continuation of first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced HER-2 negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancers: the ARMANI phase III trial

BACKGROUND: Platinum/fluoropyrimidine regimens are the backbone of first-line chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer (AGC). However response rates to first line chemotherapy range from 30 to 50% and disease progression occurs after 4–6 cycles. The optimal duration of first-line therapy is still un...

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Published in:BMC Cancer
Main Authors: Di Bartolomeo, Maria, Niger, Monica, Morano, Federica, Corallo, Salvatore, Antista, Maria, Tamberi, Stefano, Lonardi, Sara, Di Donato, Samantha, Berardi, Rossana, Scartozzi, Mario, Cardellino, Giovanni Gerardo, Di Costanzo, Francesco, Rimassa, Lorenza, Luporini, Alberto Gianluigi, Longarini, Raffaella, Zaniboni, Alberto, Bertolini, Alessandro, Tomasello, Gianluca, Pinotti, Graziella, Scagliotti, Giorgio, Tortora, Giampaolo, Bonetti, Andrea, Spallanzani, Andrea, Frassineti, Giovanni Luca, Tassinari, Davide, Giuliani, Francesco, Cinieri, Saverio, Maiello, Evaristo, Verusio, Claudio, Bracarda, Sergio, Catalano, Vincenzo, Basso, Michele, Ciuffreda, Libero, De Vita, Ferdinando, Parra, Hector Soto, Fornaro, Lorenzo, Caporale, Marta, de Braud, Filippo, Pietrantonio, Filippo
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440108/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30922323
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5498-3
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