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IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Volume 184, Issue 2, Pages 417-423Publisher
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-014-1135-y
Keywords
Chemotherapy; MAGIC; EOX; Gastric cancer; Survival
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- Health Research Board Research Scholarship [HPF/2011/59]
- CROSS Foundation at St. James's Hospital [CHY 389874]
- Health Research Board (HRB) [HPF-2011-59] Funding Source: Health Research Board (HRB)
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The MAGIC/UK Medical Research Council (MRC) trial set the standard of care for treatment of resectable gastric and junctional adenocarcinoma, demonstrating that perioperative chemotherapy with epirubicin, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (ECF) confers a survival benefit over surgery alone. The randomized ECF for advanced and locally advanced esophagogastric cancer (REAL-2) trial showed that, in the metastatic setting, the EOX regimen (epirubicin, oxaliplatin and capecitabine) is as effective as ECF, with a favourable toxicity profile. Consecutive patients with resectable gastric or junctional adenocarcinoma treated with perioperative EOX, between 2007 and 2012, were retrospectively analysed. Fifty-nine patients (12 female, 47 male), commenced EOX therapy; 47 underwent surgery. A good pathological response was seen in 34 %, (16/47). Disease recurrence occurred in 19 patients (19/47, 40 %). Median overall survival was 22 months, with 4-year survival of 47 %. Chemotoxicities were consistent with those previously reported for this regimen. This study in a high-volume centre demonstrates that EOX in resectable gastric and junctional adenocarcinoma is associated with a reasonable safety profile, and efficacy consistent with that reported for ECF.
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