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SUBMITTER: Toffart AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4364468 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toffart Anne-Claire AC Moro-Sibilot Denis D Couraud Sébastien S Merle Patrick P Perol Maurice M Girard Nicolas N Souquet Pierre-Jean PJ Mastroianni Bénédicte B Ferretti Gilbert R GR Romand Philippe P Chatellain Patrick P Vesin Aurélien A Brambilla Elisabeth E Brambilla Christian C Timsit Jean-François JF
BMC cancer 20141220
<h4>Background</h4>Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) are widely used to assess the effect of chemotherapy in patients with cancer. We hypothesised that the change in unidimensional tumour size handled as a continuous variable was more reliable than RECIST in predicting overall survival (OS).<h4>Methods</h4>The prospective Pharmacogenoscan study enrolled consecutive patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at any stage seen between 2005 and 2010 at six hospitals in Fra ...[more]