Review Article

Which Metrics Are Appropriate to Describe the Value of New Cancer Therapies?

Table 3

Recommended clinical endpoints for trials in patients with malignant melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, or renal cell carcinoma.

Malignant melanoma
[17]
NSCLC
[18, 19]
RCC
[20, 21]

Overall survivalaDisease stabilityMedian overall survival

Progression-free survivalGrowth modulation indexMedian progression-free survival

Quality of lifeMedian overall survivalResponse rate

Median progression-free survival

Time to progression

The article did not specify median or mean OS.