Gemcitabine-docetaxel (G-D) combination is an effective chemotherapy for patients with advanced soft tissue and bone sarcoma, first developed with G administered on days 1 and 8, and D on day 8 every 21 days and later modified to be administered every 14 days in 2012. The 14-day regimen has become increasingly adopted. However, its efficacy and toxicities have not been compared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPazopanib was approved for advanced soft tissue sarcoma as a second- or third-line therapy based on the clinical trial "Pazopanib for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma" (PALETTE). We hypothesized that the real-world experiences may be significantly different from the clinical trial results. We analyzed the response pattern of patients with advanced soft tissue and bone sarcoma who received pazopanib treatment between 1 January 2011 and 31 October 2018 in Kaiser Permanente Northern California.
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