Safety and Resource Utilization by Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Histology: Results from the Randomized Phase III Study of Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin versus Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin in Chemonaïve Patients with Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Silvia Novello, MD, Francisco Luis Pimentel, MD, Jean-Yves Douillard, MD, Mary O'Brien, MD, Joachim von Pawel, MD, John Eckardt, MD, Astra M. Liepa, PhD, Lorinda Simms, MSc, PStat, Carla Visseren-Grul, MD, Luis Paz-Ares, MD Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 5, Issue 10, Pages 1602-1608 (October 2010) DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181eaf30f Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Pemetrexed plus cisplatin versus gemcitabine plus cisplatin: use of antiemetics (A), erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (B), G-CSF/GM-CSF (C), and antibiotics (D). G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor; PC, pemetrexed/cisplatin; GC, gemcitabine/cisplatin. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 1602-1608DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181eaf30f) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Pemetrexed plus cisplatin versus gemcitabine plus cisplatin: transfusions. PC, pemetrexed/cisplatin; GC, gemcitabine/cisplatin. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 1602-1608DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181eaf30f) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 3 Pemetrexed plus cisplatin versus gemcitabine plus cisplatin: hospitalizations because of adverse events, regardless of causality (A) and drug-related (B). PC, pemetrexed/cisplatin; GC, gemcitabine/cisplatin. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 1602-1608DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181eaf30f) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions