Perioperative Chemotherapy versus Surgery Alone for Resectable Gastroesophageal Cancer

Cunningham, David; Allum, William; Stenning, Sally; N Thompson, J; J.�H. van de Velde, Cornelis; Nicolson, M.; Scarffe, J.H.; Lofts, F.; Falk, Stephen; Iveson, Timothy; B. Smith, David; E. Langley, Ruth; Verma, Monica; Weeden, Simon; Jo Chua, Yu

doi:10.1056/nejmoa055531

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Perioperative Chemotherapy versus Surgery Alone for Resectable Gastroesophageal Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 6, 2006

Authors:

David Cunningham

William Allum

Sally Stenning

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A regimen of epirubicin, cisplatin, and infused fluorouracil (ECF) improves survival among patients with incurable locally advanced or metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. We assessed whether the addition of a perioperative regimen of ECF to surgery improves outcomes among patients with po...

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Medicine

Epirubicin

Regimen

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