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Gefitinib for oesophageal cancer progressing after chemotherapy (COG): a phase 3, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial.

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BACKGROUND: Evidence is scarce for the effectiveness of therapies for oesophageal cancer progressing after chemotherapy, and no randomised trials have been reported. We aimed to compare gefitinib with placebo in previously treated advanced oesophageal cancer. METHODS: For this phase 3, parallel, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, eligible patients were adults with advanced oesophageal cancer or type I/II Siewert junctional tumours, histologically confirmed squamous-cell carcinoma or adenoc...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/s1470-2045(14)70024-5

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Centre for Statistics in Medicine
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Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Lancet. Oncology More from this journal
Volume:
15
Issue:
8
Pages:
894-904
Publication date:
2014-06-17
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1474-5488
ISSN:
1470-2045

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