Progression-free survival as a surrogate for overall survival in advanced/recurrent gastric cancer trials: a

Xavier Paoletti1, Koji Oba, Yung-Jue Bang

  • 1Affiliations of authors: Biostatistics Department, INSEM U900 Institut Curie, Paris, France (XP); Translational Research and Clinical Trial Center, Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan (KO); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Oncology Division, Seoul, Korea (Y-JB); Jules Bordet Hospital, Brussels, Belgium (HB); St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan (NB); Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, Department of Clinical Oncology, France (OB); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Boston, MA (PC); National Cancer Center Hospital East, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Kashiwa, Japan (NF, AO); Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris XI, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, Villejuif, France (SMi); Johannes Gutenberg University, Medical Department, Mainz, Germany (MM); Yokohama City University, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Kanagawa, Japan (SMo); University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (YO); University Hospital, Department of Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland (AR); University Hospital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Gastro-enterology Department, Paris, France (PR); Tokai Central Hospital, Sohara, Japan (JS); Mayo Clinic, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Rochester, MN (DS); National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan (MS); Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Aichi, Japan (KS); Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Haematology, Oncology, and Tumorimmunology, Berlin, Germany (PT-P); University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Digestive Oncology Unit, Leuven, Belgium (EVC); Hasselt University, Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Diepenbeek, Belgium (TB, MB); International Drug Development Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (MB).

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