% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Betge:125509, author = {J. Betge$^*$ and A. Barat and V. Murphy and T. Hielscher$^*$ and N. C. Van Grieken and S. Belle and T. Zhan$^*$ and N. Härtel and M. Kripp and O. Bacon and M. Cordes and E. W. Kay and H. M. W. Verheul and M. Neerincx and B. Hennessy and R. D. Hofheinz and T. Gaiser and B. Ylstra and J. H. M. Prehn and D. Lambrechts and A. T. Byrne and M. P. Ebert and N. Schulte}, title = {{O}utcome of {C}olorectal {C}ancer {P}atients {T}reated with {C}ombination {B}evacizumab {T}herapy: {A} {P}ooled {R}etrospective {A}nalysis of {T}hree {E}uropean {C}ohorts from the {A}ngiopredict {I}nitiative.}, journal = {Digestion}, volume = {94}, number = {3}, issn = {1421-9867}, address = {Basel}, publisher = {Karger}, reportid = {DKFZ-2017-01635}, pages = {129 - 137}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This study is aimed at analyzing the survival rates and prognostic factors of stage IV colorectal cancer patients from 3 European cohorts undergoing combination chemotherapy with bevacizumab.Progression free-survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed in 172 patients using the Kaplan-Meier method and uni- and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models.The median PFS was 9.7 and the median OS 27.4 months. Patients treated at centers in Germany (n = 97), Ireland (n = 32), and The Netherlands (n = 43) showed a median PFS of 9.9, 9.2, and 9.7 months, OS of 34.0, 20.5, and 25.1 months, respectively. Patients >65 years had a significantly shorter PFS (9.5 vs. 9.8 months) but not OS (27.4 vs. 27.5 months) than younger patients. High tumor grade (G3/4) was associated with a shorter PFS, T4 classification with both shorter PFS and OS. Fluoropyrimidine (FP) chemotherapy backbones (doublets and single) had comparable outcomes, while patients not receiving FP backbones had a shorter PFS. In multivariable analysis, age and non-FP backbone were associated with inferior PFS, T4 classification and therapy line >2nd were significantly associated with poor PFS and OS.The observed survival rates confirm previous studies and demonstrate reproducible benefits of combination bevacizumab regimens. Classification T4, non-FP chemotherapy backbone, and age >65 were associated with inferior outcome.}, keywords = {Angiogenesis Inhibitors (NLM Chemicals) / Pyrimidines (NLM Chemicals) / Bevacizumab (NLM Chemicals) / 5-fluoropyrimidine (NLM Chemicals)}, cin = {C060 / B110}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-He78)C060-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)B110-20160331}, pnm = {312 - Functional and structural genomics (POF3-312)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-312}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {pmid:27756074}, doi = {10.1159/000449412}, url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/125509}, }