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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-9
pubmed:abstractText
Docetaxel is part of the standard chemotherapy in breast, non-small cell lung cancer and androgen-independent metastatic prostate cancer and has recently been approved for advanced gastric cancer. It demonstrated promising single-agent efficacy in gastric cancer and was therefore investigated in different combination regimens. The combination of docetaxel with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), capecitabine, irinotecan or cisplatin demonstrated high efficacy. The triple combination of docetaxel/cisplatin and 5-FU (DCF) was investigated in randomized Phase II trials and a randomized Phase III study (TAX325). In TAX325, DCF demonstrated superiority in terms of time to tumor progression, response rate and survival against a cisplatin/5-FU combination. Docetaxel was therefore approved for advanced gastric cancer by the US FDA and the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products and will evolve as an integral part of routine combination regimens against gastric cancer. This review will discuss and interpret the different Phase II and III trials of docetaxel in gastric cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1479-6694
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
603-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Docetaxel in the treatment of gastric cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Hämatologie und Onkologie, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. peter.thuss@charite.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review