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Reports from Kyoto University, Medical Department highlight recent research in gastric cancer

Published in Drug Week, January 15th, 2010

"The prognosis of gastric cancer patients with peritoneal dissemination is poor. Recently, chemotherapy with S-1 plus cisplatin has been shown to be highly effective for advanced gastric cancer," scientists in Kyoto, Japan report.

"In 41 patients diagnosed with either macro- or microscopic peritoneal dissemination by staging laparoscopy, and receiving induction chemotherapy with S-1 plus cisplatin between August 2002 and February 2008, response of peritoneal lesions to the induction chemotherapy and the outcome of the following surgery were retrospectively evaluated. Of 41 patients identified, 38 patients (93%) completed two cycles. Among grade 3 or 4 adverse effects,...

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