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Bevacizumab for newly diagnosed pleural mesothelioma in the Mesothelioma Avastin Cisplatin Pemetrexed Study (MAPS): a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3 trial

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Addition of bevacizumab to pemetrexed plus cisplatin significantly improved OS in malignant pleural mesothelioma at the cost of expected manageable toxic effects, therefore it should be considered as a suitable treatment for the disease.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2016-04-02. It has received 713 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pemetrexed & Pleural effusion.

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Enhancing cancer immunotherapy using antiangiogenics: opportunities and challenges.

TL;DR: The roles of VEGF and ANG2 are outlined, and ways that antiangiogenic agents can be combined with immune-checkpoint inhibitors to potentially improve patient outcomes are suggested, and avenues of future research are highlighted.
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Turning foes to friends: targeting cancer-associated fibroblasts

TL;DR: The progress made to date and the remaining challenges in bringing CAF-targeted therapies to the clinic are highlighted and the relevant translational advances and potential therapeutic strategies that target CAFs for cancer treatment are highlighted.
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts: an emerging target of anti-cancer immunotherapy.

TL;DR: Current understanding of the tumorigenic significance, origin, and heterogeneity of CAFs, as well as the roles of different CAFs subtypes in distinct immune cell types are described.
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A multiple testing procedure for clinical trials.

TL;DR: The overall size of the procedure is shown to be controlled with virtually the same accuracy as the single sample chi-square test based on N(m1 + m2) observations and the power is found to bevirtually the same.
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Phase III Study of Pemetrexed in Combination With Cisplatin Versus Cisplatin Alone in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

TL;DR: Treatment with pemetrexed plus cisplatin and vitamin supplementation resulted in superior survival time, time to progression, and response rates compared with treatment with cis Platin alone in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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Interpreting the significance of changes in health-related quality-of-life scores.

TL;DR: The significance of changes in QLQ-C30 scores can be interpreted in terms of small, moderate, or large changes in quality of life as reported by patients in the SSQ.
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