NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTRIC-CANCER - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS OF A PHASE-II TRIAL WITH A MODIFIED FAMTX COMBINATION

  • Authors:
    • G FACCHINI
    • A TORTORIELLO
    • F CAPONIGRO
    • G BENASSAI
    • L BUCCI
    • G GESUE
    • G SARNELLA
    • D GIGLIO
    • G PERSICO
    • RV IAFFAIOLI
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  • Published online on: September 1, 1995     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2.5.727
  • Pages: 727-730
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Abstract

Twenty-two patients with locally advanced inoperable gastric cancer received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a modified 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, methotrexate (FAMTX) regimen. The patients who achieved at least a stable disease were considered eligible for surgery with curative intent, which was performed in 19 cases. 16 patients (all responsive to neoadjuvant chemotherapy) were rendered disease-free by the combined approach. No treatment-related deaths occurred; grade III leukopenia was observed in only 3 cases. The preliminary results of this study indicate the feasibility of our treatment approach; randomized trials are awaited to properly evaluate the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric cancer.

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FACCHINI G, TORTORIELLO A, CAPONIGRO F, BENASSAI G, BUCCI L, GESUE G, SARNELLA G, GIGLIO D, PERSICO G, IAFFAIOLI R, IAFFAIOLI R, et al: NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTRIC-CANCER - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS OF A PHASE-II TRIAL WITH A MODIFIED FAMTX COMBINATION. Oncol Rep 2: 727-730, 1995
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FACCHINI, G., TORTORIELLO, A., CAPONIGRO, F., BENASSAI, G., BUCCI, L., GESUE, G. ... IAFFAIOLI, R. (1995). NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTRIC-CANCER - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS OF A PHASE-II TRIAL WITH A MODIFIED FAMTX COMBINATION. Oncology Reports, 2, 727-730. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2.5.727
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FACCHINI, G., TORTORIELLO, A., CAPONIGRO, F., BENASSAI, G., BUCCI, L., GESUE, G., SARNELLA, G., GIGLIO, D., PERSICO, G., IAFFAIOLI, R."NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTRIC-CANCER - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS OF A PHASE-II TRIAL WITH A MODIFIED FAMTX COMBINATION". Oncology Reports 2.5 (1995): 727-730.
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FACCHINI, G., TORTORIELLO, A., CAPONIGRO, F., BENASSAI, G., BUCCI, L., GESUE, G., SARNELLA, G., GIGLIO, D., PERSICO, G., IAFFAIOLI, R."NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTRIC-CANCER - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS OF A PHASE-II TRIAL WITH A MODIFIED FAMTX COMBINATION". Oncology Reports 2, no. 5 (1995): 727-730. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2.5.727