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Improved Survival from Ovarian Cancer in Patients Treated in Phase III Trial Active Cancer Centres in the UK

Khoja, L; Nolan, K; Mekki, R; Milani, A; Mescallado, N; Ashcroft, L; Hasan, J; ... Jayson, GC; + view all (2016) Improved Survival from Ovarian Cancer in Patients Treated in Phase III Trial Active Cancer Centres in the UK. Clinical Oncology , 28 (12) pp. 760-765. 10.1016/j.clon.2016.06.011. Green open access

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Abstract

AIMS: Ovarian cancer is the principal cause of gynaecological cancer death in developed countries, yet overall survival in the UK has been reported as being inferior to that in some Western countries. As there is a range of survival across the UK we hypothesised that in major regional centres, outcomes are equivalent to the best internationally. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from patients treated in multicentre international and UK-based trials were obtained from three regional cancer centres in the UK; Manchester, University College London and Leeds (MUL). The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival were calculated for each trial and compared with the published trial data. Normalised median survival values and the respective 95% confidence intervals (ratio of pooled MUL data to trial median survival) were calculated to allow inter-trial survival comparisons. This strategy then allowed a comparison of median survival across the UK, in three regional UK centres and in international centres. RESULTS: The analysis showed that the trial-reported PFS was the same in the UK, in the MUL centres and in international centres for each of the trials included in the study. Overall survival was, however, 45% better in major regional centre-treated patients (95% confidence interval 9-73%) than the median overall survival reported in UK trials, whereas the median overall survival in MUL centres equated with that achieved in international centres. CONCLUSION: The data suggest that international survival statistics are achieved in UK regional cancer centres.

Type: Article
Title: Improved Survival from Ovarian Cancer in Patients Treated in Phase III Trial Active Cancer Centres in the UK
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2016.06.011
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2016.06.011
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 The Royal College of Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Ltd under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND license that allows users to copy and distribute the Article, provided this is not done for commercial purposes and further do es not permit distribution of the Article if it is changed or edited in any way, and provided the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI), provides a link to the license, and that the licensor is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work. The full details of the license are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0.
Keywords: Cancer centre; clinical trial; ovarian cancer; prognosis; survival outcomes; UK
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > CRUK Cancer Trials Centre
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1504682
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