2012
DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.6.2771
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Second-Line Irinotecan after Cisplatin, Fluoropyrimidin and Docetaxel for Chemotherapy of Metastatic Gastric Cancer

Abstract: Aim: Tumors of upper gastrointestinal tract are among the cancers that have a quite lethal course. Cytotoxic chemotherapy is the most efficient therapeutic modality for metastatic gastric cancer. In patients who do not respond to first-line treatment, the response rate to second-line therapies is generally low and the toxicity rates high. This study concerned the efficacy and the side effect profile of second-line therapy with irinotecan in the patients who were being followed-up with the diagnosis of metastat… Show more

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“…The combination drug tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil potassium (also known as S-1) plus cisplatin is currently recommended as the standard first-line chemotherapy for advanced and recurrent gastric cancer in Japan, according to the results of the Japan clinical oncology group 9912 1 and those of the “S-1 plus cisplatin vs. S-1 alone in randomized clinical trials for the first-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer” (SPIRITS) trial. 2 With regard to second-line treatment, weekly paclitaxel (PTX), 39 irinotecan (CPT-11) monotherapy, 1016 S-1 plus PTX, 17 and S-1 plus CPT-11 18,19 are used in daily practice.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The combination drug tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil potassium (also known as S-1) plus cisplatin is currently recommended as the standard first-line chemotherapy for advanced and recurrent gastric cancer in Japan, according to the results of the Japan clinical oncology group 9912 1 and those of the “S-1 plus cisplatin vs. S-1 alone in randomized clinical trials for the first-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer” (SPIRITS) trial. 2 With regard to second-line treatment, weekly paclitaxel (PTX), 39 irinotecan (CPT-11) monotherapy, 1016 S-1 plus PTX, 17 and S-1 plus CPT-11 18,19 are used in daily practice.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%