Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer in Elderly and Non-elderly Patients: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials / Journal of the Korean Cancer Association, 대한암학회지
Cancer Research and Treatment
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: 263-273, 2017.
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em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-165945
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study evaluated the benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy on elderly patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC) using meta-analysis of well-designed randomized controlled clinical studies. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane were searched to retrieve clinical studies evaluating the benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy in the elderly with AGC. Hazards ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled across studies using a fixed-effects model.RESULTS:
Two studies were included in this meta-analysis to estimate HR for the overall survival (OS), and relapse-free survival (RFS) between adjuvant chemotherapy and surgery in elderly and non-elderly patients. HR for OS in the elderly and non-elderly was 0.745 (95% CI, 0.552 to 1.006, p=0.055) and 0.636 (95% CI, 0.522 to 0.776; p < 0.001), respectively, which showed no heterogeneity regarding HR between the two groups (p(interaction)=0.389). HR for RFS in the elderly and non-elderly was 0.613 (95% CI, 0.466 to 0.806; p < 0.001) and 0.633 (95% CI, 0.533 to 0.753; p < 0.001), respectively (p(interaction)=0.846).CONCLUSION:
Meta-analysis suggests that the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy to the elderly is not big enough to reach statistical significance while the HR for OS is less than 1 (0.745) and no heterogeneity are observed regarding the HR between the elderly and non-elderly patients.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Gástricas
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Características da População
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Quimioterapia Adjuvante
Tipo de estudo:
Ensaio Clínico Controlado
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Estudo prognóstico
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Revisões Sistemáticas Avaliadas
Limite:
Idoso
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Cancer Research and Treatment
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
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