Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer with S-1, an Oral Fluoropyrimidine

Sakuramoto, Shinichi; Sasako, Mitsuru; Yamaguchi, Toshiharu; Kinoshitá, Taira; Fujii, Masashi; Nashimoto, Atsushi; Furukawa, Hiroshi; Nakajima, Toshifusa; Ohashi, Yasuo; Imamura, Hiroshi; Higashino, Masayuki; Yamamura, Yoshitaka; Kurita, Akira; Arai, Kuniyoshi

doi:10.1056/nejmoa072252

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Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer with S-1, an Oral Fluoropyrimidine

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 31, 2007

Authors:

Shinichi Sakuramoto

Mitsuru Sasako

Toshiharu Yamaguchi

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Advanced gastric cancer can respond to S-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine. We tested S-1 as adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with curatively resected gastric cancer. METHODS: Patients in Japan with stage II or III gastric cancer who underwent gastrectomy with extended (D2) lymph-node dissect...

Subject

Medicine

Chemotherapy

Adjuvant

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