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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

7 questions · 9 findings · 2 reviews

No studies found 1 · 11.1%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 11.1%Low 3 · 33.3%Moderate 2 · 22.2%High 2 · 22.2%

Chemotherapy vs placebo, best supportive care (BSC) or no treatment

Progression‐free survival · advanced gastric and oesophago‐gastric junction adenocarcinoma

Chemotherapy leads to lower progression‐free survival compared with placebo, best supportive care (BSC) or no treatment (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Progression‐free survival (PSF) · advanced gastric adenocarcinoma

Chemotherapy showed no clear difference in progression‐free survival (non‐taxane monotherapy vs taxane… compared with chemotherapy (low certainty).

3 findings from 1 review

Summary of findings table (subcomparison 5): chemotherapy or targeted therapy agent(s) plus control intervention vs control intervention

Progression‐free survival · palliative participants with esophageal and GE‐junction carcinoma

Summary of findings table: chemotherapy or targeted therapy agent(s)… probably leads to lower progression‐free survival compared with control intervention alone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings table (subcomparison 1): chemotherapy or targeted therapy plus best supportive care (BSC) vs BSC

Progression‐free survival · palliative participants with esophageal and GE‐junction carcinoma

It is very uncertain whether summary of findings table (subcomparison 1): chemotherapy or… changes progression‐free survival compared with BSC (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings table (subcomparison 2): second‐line chemotherapy or targeted therapy agent(s) plus control intervention vs control intervention

Progression‐free survival · palliative participants with esophageal and GE‐junction carcinoma previously treated with chemotherapy

Summary of findings table (subcomparison 2): second‐line… may leads to lower progression‐free survival compared with control intervention alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review