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Kein Vorteil einer Erhaltungstherapie mit Afatinib in der adjuvanten Therapie von Kopf-Hals-Tumoren

Afatinib maintenance therapy does not confer any benefit in the adjuvant treatment of head and neck tumors

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Radacot S, Thennevet I, Ouldbey Y et al (2023) Afatinib maintenance therapy following post-operative radiochemotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Results from the phase III randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study BIB2992ORL (GORTEC 2010e02). European Journal of Cancer 178:114e127.

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Ziebolz, A.M. Kein Vorteil einer Erhaltungstherapie mit Afatinib in der adjuvanten Therapie von Kopf-Hals-Tumoren. Strahlenther Onkol 199, 428–429 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-023-02069-7

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