Variations in outcome for advanced gastric cancer between Japanese and Western patients: a subgroup analysis of the RAINBOW trial

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Michael Davidson et al. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016.

. 2016 May 27:1:46.

doi: 10.21037/tgh.2016.05.06. eCollection 2016.

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Subgroup analyses of the safety and efficacy of ramucirumab in Japanese and Western patients in RAINBOW: a randomized clinical trial in second-line treatment of gastric cancer.
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