Neoadjuvant therapy for gastric cancer: Current evidence and future directions

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 534-543

  Newton, Andrew D ^a   Datta, Jashodeep ^a   Loaiza Bonilla, Arturo ^a   Karakousis, Giorgos C ^a   Roses, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy (CRT); Chemotherapy; Gastric cancer (GC); Multimodality therapy; neoadjuvant therapy; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CAPECITABINE PLUS OXALIPLATIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GIMERACIL PLUS OTERACIL POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; METHOTREXATE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; UFT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 84995801993     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.047     Document Type: Article

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