A phase II study of sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy in previously treated gastric cancer: A report from the gastrointestinal Oncology group of the Japan clinical oncology group, JCOG 9207 trial

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 432-437

  Hamaguchi, Tetsuya ^a   Shirao, Kuniaki ^a,k   Yamamichi, Noboru ^b   Hyodo, Ichinosuke ^c   Koizumi, Wasaburo ^d   Seki, Shigeki ^e   Imamura, Tetsuri ^f   Honma, Hisanobu ^g   Ohtsu, Atsushi ^h   Boku, Narikazu ^h   Mukai, Toshikazu ⁱ   Yamamoto, Seiichiro ^j   Fukuda, Haruhiko ^j   Yoshida, Shigeaki ^h  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^f Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

ⁱ Kure Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^j NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^k OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Gastric cancer; Methotrexate; Second line chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BICARBONATE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER REGISTRY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; JAPAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH CANCER; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CANCER STAGING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JAPAN; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUTROPENIA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 46349091798     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyn043     Document Type: Article

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