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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 371-378Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyaa221
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gastric cancer; preoperative chemotherapy; docetaxel/cisplatin/S-1; locally advanced cancer
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The study evaluated the efficacy and safety of preoperative docetaxel, cisplatin, and S-1 therapy in marginally resectable advanced gastric cancer. The pathological response rate was higher than the threshold value but lower than the expected rate, and the R0 resection rate was high. Chemotherapy-related toxicities and surgical morbidity were manageable, but the desired effect was not achieved.
Background: A multi-institutional phase II study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of preoperative docetaxel, cisplatin and S-1 therapy in marginally resectable advanced gastric cancer. Methods: Patients with macroscopic type 4, large macroscopic type 3 and bulky lymph node metastasis received two cycles of preoperative docetaxel, cisplatin and S-1 therapy (docetaxel 40 mg/m(2) and cisplatin 60 mg/m(2) on day 1, and S-1 80 mg/m(2) for 14 days, every 4 weeks). The primary endpoint was the pathological response rate, with an expected value of 65%. Results: Thirty-one patients were enrolled in this study. The pathological response rate was 54.8%, and it was higher than the threshold value but lower than the expected rate. The R0 resection rate was 93.5%. The frequencies of grade 3-4 toxicities during docetaxel, cisplatin and S-1 therapy were 41.9% for neutropenia, 6.5% for febrile neutropenia and 32.3% for nausea/vomiting. Grade 2 and 3 surgical morbidities occurred in 23.3 and 6.7% of the patients, respectively. Conclusions: Preoperative docetaxel, cisplatin and S-1 therapy was feasible in terms of chemotherapy-related toxicities and surgical morbidity, but the effect did not achieve the expected value. The association between the pathological response rate and survival will be evaluated in the final analysis of this clinical trial.
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