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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
Three hundred fifteen patients with operable gastric cancer were randomized to receive fluorouracil, Adriamycin (doxorubicin; Adria Laboratories, Columbus, OH), and mitomycin (FAM) or no adjuvant treatment between September 1981 and July 1984. After excluding ineligible patients, 281 patients are included in this analysis. Treatment was moderately well tolerated by the majority of patients, the common side effects being nausea and vomiting (58%) and alopecia (57%). Three possible treatment-related deaths were seen, all due to cardiac failure. At median follow-up of 68 months, 164 patients have died, 73 in the treated arm and 91 in the control arm. There was no significant difference in disease-free or overall survival between the two arms of the study (P = 0.21). There is some evidence that patients with more advanced carcinoma (T3-T4) derived some benefit from treatment (P = 0.04). The interpretation of this finding must take into account that all subgroups were defined retrospectively, and this could, therefore, be a chance finding. We conclude that adjuvant chemotherapy as given in this trial is not indicated as routine treatment in operable gastric cancer, but that further evaluation in stage T3-T4 patients is warranted.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0732-183X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
1362-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Chi-Square Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Europe, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Mitomycin, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Mitomycins, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Multicenter Studies as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Stomach Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:2199622-United States
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
A randomized trial comparing adjuvant fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and mitomycin with no treatment in operable gastric cancer. International Collaborative Cancer Group.
pubmed:affiliation
Oncology Unit, St George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study