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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

268 questions · 274 findings · 96 reviews

No studies found 24 · 8.8%GRADE not reported 11 · 4%Very low 27 · 9.9%Low 66 · 24.1%Moderate 96 · 35%High 50 · 18.2%

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

Overall survival · advanced gastric and oesophago‐gastric junction adenocarcinoma

Chemotherapy probably leads to lower overall survival compared with placebo, best supportive care (BSC) or no treatment (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy vs LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy

Overall survival · men with advanced prostate cancer

Non‐steroidal antiandrogen monotherapy probably leads to higher overall survival compared with LHRH agonists or surgical castration monotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

High‐dose chemotherapy vs chemotherapy without bone marrow transplant or stem cell rescue

Overall survival at 5‐year · women with early poor prognosis breast cancer

High‐dose chemotherapy showed no clear difference in overall survival at 5‐year compared with chemotherapy without bone marrow transplant or stem cell rescue (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chemmotherapy combined with biological therapy vs chemotherapy alone

Overall survival · advanced gastric and oesophago‐gastric junction adenocarcinoma

Chemmotherapy combined with biological therapy showed no clear difference in overall survival compared with chemotherapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Combination chemotherapy vs single‐agent chemotherapy

Overall survival (3 years) · people with resectable stage II and III rectal cancer undergoing preoperative chemoradiation followed by surgery

It is very uncertain whether combination chemotherapy changes overall survival (3 years) compared with single‐agent chemotherapy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Apatinib plus chemotherapy or chemotherapy/brachytherapy vs chemotherapy or chemotherapy/brachytherapy

Overall survival · women with recurrent or FIGO stage IVB cervical cancer

Apatinib plus chemotherapy or chemotherapy/brachytherapy showed no clear difference in overall survival compared with chemotherapy or chemotherapy/brachytherapy (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to interval surgery (NACT) vs surgery followed by chemotherapy (PDS)

Overall survival ( · women with advanced ovarian epithelial cancer

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to interval surgery (NACT) showed no clear difference in overall survival ( compared with surgery followed by chemotherapy (PDS) (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

High‐dose chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic cell transplantation vs conventional chemotherapy plus whole lung irradiation

Overall survival · children, adolescents, and young adults with primary metastatic Ewing sarcoma

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review