Everolimus for previously treated advanced gastric cancer: results of the randomized, double-blind, phase III

Atsushi Ohtsu1, Jaffer A Ajani, Yu-Xian Bai

  • 1Atsushi Ohtsu, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa; Keisho Chin, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo; Kei Muro, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan; Jaffer A. Ajani, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Tarek Sahmoud, Heind Smith, Syed Rizvi, David Lebwohl, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Florham Park, NJ; Yu-Xian Bai, Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin; Hong-Ming Pan, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang; Lin Shen, Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Yung-Jue Bang, Seoul National University College of Medicine; Hyun-Cheol Chung, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine; Yeul Hong Kim, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Kun-Huei Yeh, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; David Ferry, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom; Niall C. Tebbutt, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia; Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, Institute for Clinical Oncology Research, Krankenhaus Nordwest, UCT University Cancer Center, Frankfurt, Germany; Chiara Costantini, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland; Eric Van Cutsem, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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