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Capecitabine in combination with either cisplatin or weekly paclitaxel as a first-line treatment for metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a randomized phase II study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Cancer, October 2015
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Title
Capecitabine in combination with either cisplatin or weekly paclitaxel as a first-line treatment for metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a randomized phase II study
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BMC Cancer, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12885-015-1716-9
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Su Jin Lee, Sungmin Kim, Moonjin Kim, Jeeyun Lee, Yeon Hee Park, Young-Hyuck Im, Se Hoon Park

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of a combination regimen of capecitabine plus cisplatin (CC) or capecitabine plus paclitaxel (CP) as a first-line treatment in patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Patients with recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were enrolled in this open-label, phase II, randomized trial. Patients were assigned to either the CC arm (days [D]1-14 capecitabine 1000 mg/m(2) twice daily + D1 cisplatin 75 mg/m(2), every 3 weeks) or the CP arm (D1-14 capecitabine 1000 mg/m(2) twice daily + D1, 8 paclitaxel 80 mg/m(2), every 3 weeks). The primary endpoint of the study was response rate and secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), toxicity and quality of life. A total of 94 patients were entered into this study between October 2008 and October 2012, 46 patients in the CC arm and 48 in the CP arm. Patients in both arms received a median of six cycles of treatment (range, 1-14) and the response rates were 57 and 58 % in the cisplatin and paclitaxel arm, respectively. With a median follow-up of 23 months, the median PFS was 5.1 months (95 % CI 4.0-6.2 months) in the cisplatin arm and 6.7 months (95 % CI 4.9-8.5 months) in the paclitaxel arm, whereas the median OS was 10.5 months (95 % CI 9.2-11.9 months) in the cisplatin arm and 13.2 months (95 % CI 9.4-17.0 months) in the paclitaxel arm. Patients in the cisplatin arm were more likely to experience neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, whereas patients in the paclitaxel arm had a higher frequency of neuropathy and alopecia. Quality of life was similar between treatment arms. Both CC and CP regimens were effective and well tolerated as a first-line treatment in patients with metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 48 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 17%
Other 4 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 8%
Student > Master 4 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 10 21%
Unknown 15 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Mathematics 2 4%
Sports and Recreations 2 4%
Other 4 8%
Unknown 17 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 February 2022.
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#7,496,019
of 22,914,829 outputs
Outputs from BMC Cancer
#2,073
of 8,330 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#94,155
of 279,509 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Cancer
#63
of 234 outputs
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