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Correction to: Efficacy and Safety Results from a Phase 2, Randomized, Double Blind Study of Enzalutamide Versus Placebo in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Efficacy and Safety Results from a Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Enzalutamide Versus Placebo in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Despite recent advances, more effective therapeutic options for patients with advanced HCC are still required. ...
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A phase 1 study of oral ASP5878, a selective small-molecule inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor receptors 1–4, as a single dose and multiple doses in patients with solid malignancies
ASP5878 is a selective small-molecule inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs). This study investigated safety, tolerability, and antitumor effect of single and multiple oral doses of ASP5878 in...
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Efficacy and safety of lanreotide in Korean patients with metastatic, well-differentiated gastroenteropancreatic-neuroendocrine tumors: a retrospective analysis
Lanreotide autogel is a long-acting somatostatin analogue with proven efficacy and safety in patients with well-differentiated (WD) gastroenteropancreatic-neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) in a prior randomized...
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Multicenter retrospective analysis of the safety and efficacy of regorafenib after progression on sorafenib in Korean patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Background The pivotal RESORCE trial showed that regorafenib was effective as second-line therapy for patients with advanced HCC who progressed on first-line sorafenib. Real-world data are needed to assess clinic...
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Prognostic factors in patients with metastatic or recurrent pancreatic cancer treated with first-line nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine: implication of inflammation-based scores
Background Nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine (AG) is standard first-line chemotherapy for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer (mPC). However, prognostic factors for patients with mPC treated with AG, are lar...
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Phase I/II study of first-line combination therapy with sorafenib plus resminostat, an oral HDAC inhibitor, versus sorafenib monotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in east Asian patients
Purpose: Resminostat is an oral inhibitor of class I, IIB, and IV histone deacetylases. This phase I/II study compared the safety and efficacy of resminostat plus sorafenib versus sorafenib monotherapy as first-l...
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Nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine versus FOLFIRINOX as the first-line chemotherapy for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer: retrospective analysis
Purpose nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine (AG) and FOLFIRINOX have been established as standard first-line treatment in metastatic pancreatic cancer (mPC). We performed retrospective analysis comparing the efficaci...
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Prognostic Implication of Inflammation-based Prognostic Scores in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Treated with First-line Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin
Background We aimed to comprehensively evaluate the prognostic value of inflammation-based prognostic scores, including the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS), neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (...
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Germline BRCA mutations in Asian patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a prospective study evaluating risk category for genetic testing
Introduction Germline BRCA mutations may have therapeutic implications as surrogate markers of DNA-damage repair status in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). We performed a prospective stud...
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Prognostic factors in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer treated with first-line gemcitabine plus cisplatin: retrospective analysis of 740 patients
Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is a heterogeneous group of diseases comprising intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer. Although gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GEMCIS) was established ...
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Efficacy and safety of everolimus and sunitinib in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
Efficacy of targeted agents, such as everolimus and sunitinib, has been demonstrated in prospective trials on patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs). Considering the heterogeneou...
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A Phase I study of cabazitaxel in patients with advanced gastric cancer who have failed prior chemotherapy (GASTANA)
This Phase I dose-escalation study (GASTANA) evaluated the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and preliminary antitumor activity of cabazitaxel in Asian patients with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma failin...
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Association of ABCG2 polymorphism with clinical efficacy of imatinib in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Imatinib is a substrate of drug transporters and metabolizing enzymes, including members of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) system. Differences in imatinib pharmacokinetics among individuals might be influenced by g...
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Phase I and pharmacodynamic study of vorinostat combined with capecitabine and cisplatin as first-line chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer
A phase I trial of first-line vorinostat, an orally bio-available histone deacetylase inhibitor, in combination with capecitabine plus cisplatin (XP) was performed to assess recommend phase II trial dose in pa...
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A phase II trial of a selective c-Met inhibitor tivantinib (ARQ 197) monotherapy as a second- or third-line therapy in the patients with metastatic gastric cancer
Background Tivantinib is a selective, non-ATP competitive, small-molecule inhibitor of c-Met and is under development in several cancers including non-small cell lung and hepatocellular c...
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Efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of imatinib dose escalation to 800 mg/day in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Imatinib dose escalation has been suggested as an effective therapy for advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) after progression on the standard dose. We evaluated the efficacy, tolerability, and phar...
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Safety and feasibility of adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 for Korean patients with curatively resected advanced gastric cancer
Adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 was proven to be effective in Japanese patients with advanced gastric cancer curatively resected with D2 lymph node dissection.
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Changes in imatinib plasma trough level during long-term treatment of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors: correlation between changes in covariates and imatinib exposure
A pharmacokinetic study in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) suggested that imatinib plasma concentration may decrease following long-term exposure. We assessed changes in imatinib plasma tr...
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Sunitinib as a second-line therapy for advanced GISTs after failure of imatinib: relationship between efficacy and tumor genotype in Korean patients
Background To assess the efficacy and safety of sunitinib with regards to primary genotypes of tumor in Korean patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) who failed an initial...