The association of objective response and overall survival in patients with inoperable or metastatic gastric and esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancer: A pooled analysis of individual patient data from first-line clinical trials.
Abstract:4095 Background: The aim of the study is to determine whether the achievement of an objective response to first-line chemotherapy is prognostic of patient’s outcome in gastric/EGJ adenocarcinoma. Methods: Individual patient (pts) data from prospective first-line trials conducted by a single study group were used. Patients received platin/5-FU based chemotherapy with or without docetaxel. Responses were evaluated according to WHO criteria in all trials. Response data, patients’ characteristics (age, sex, entit… Show more
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