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1,476 questions · 1,535 findings · 101 reviews

No studies found 233 · 15.2%GRADE not reported 332 · 21.6%Very low 209 · 13.6%Low 343 · 22.3%Moderate 279 · 18.2%High 139 · 9.1%

Combination chemotherapy vs single‐agent chemotherapy

Chemotherapy compliance · people with resectable stage II and III rectal cancer undergoing preoperative chemoradiation followed by surgery

Combination chemotherapy leads to lower chemotherapy compliance compared with single‐agent chemotherapy (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chemotherapy regimen A (+/- locoregional treatment) vs Chemotherapy regimen B (+/- locoregional treatment)

Disease-free survival · People receiving curative-intent treatment for oral cavity and oropharyngeal (squamous cell) cancer
1 finding from 1 review

Chemotherapy regimen A (+/- locoregional treatment) vs Chemotherapy regimen B (+/- locoregional treatment)

Overall survival (total mortality), chemotherapy regimen A vs regimen B · People receiving curative-intent treatment for oral cavity and oropharyngeal (squamous cell) cancer
1 finding from 1 review

Chemotherapy regimen A (+/- locoregional treatment) vs Chemotherapy regimen B (+/- locoregional treatment)

Locoregional control · People receiving curative-intent treatment for oral cavity and oropharyngeal (squamous cell) cancer
1 finding from 1 review

Chemotherapy (any regimen; added to, or compared with, locoregional treatment) vs Locoregional treatment and/or an alternative chemotherapy regimen

Toxicity / adverse effects (harms) of chemotherapy · People receiving curative-intent treatment for oral cavity and oropharyngeal (squamous cell) cancer
1 finding from 1 review

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Menstruation recovery or maintenance: · premenopausal women with malignant conditions, receiving GnRH agonist before or in parallel to chemotherapy

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy may leads to higher menstruation recovery or maintenance: compared with chemotherapy alone (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Premature ovarian failure · premenopausal women with malignant conditions, receiving GnRH agonist before or in parallel to chemotherapy

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy probably leads to lower premature ovarian failure compared with chemotherapy alone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Pregnancy · premenopausal women with malignant conditions, receiving GnRH agonist before or in parallel to chemotherapy

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy showed no clear difference in pregnancy compared with chemotherapy alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Ovulation · premenopausal women with malignant conditions, receiving GnRH agonist before or in parallel to chemotherapy

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy may leads to higher ovulation compared with chemotherapy alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Adverse effects: hot flush · premenopausal women with malignant conditions, receiving GnRH agonist before or in parallel to chemotherapy

It is very uncertain whether gnRH agonist plus chemotherapy changes adverse effects: hot flush compared with chemotherapy alone (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Adverse effects: vaginal dryness · premenopausal women with malignant conditions, receiving GnRH agonist before or in parallel to chemotherapy

GnRH agonist plus chemotherapy showed no clear difference in adverse effects: vaginal dryness compared with chemotherapy alone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Overall survival (taxane‐containing doublet therapy vs taxane monotherapy) · advanced gastric adenocarcinoma

Chemotherapy showed no clear difference in overall survival (taxane‐containing doublet therapy vs taxane… compared with chemotherapy (low 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

Chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Tumour response · advanced gastric adenocarcinoma

Chemotherapy showed no clear difference in tumour response rate (non‐taxane monotherapy vs taxane monotherapy) compared with chemotherapy (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone

Tumour response rate (taxane‐containing doublet therapy vs taxane monotherapy) · advanced gastric adenocarcinoma

It is very uncertain whether chemotherapy changes tumour response rate (taxane‐containing doublet therapy vs taxane… compared with chemotherapy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review