Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer: What are we Trying to Accomplish?

Phase II trial of paclitaxel and cisplatin as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer

(2013) Akira Tsuburaya et al.   CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Phase II trial of preoperative S-1 plus cisplatin followed by surgery for initially unresectable locally advanced gastric cancer

(2011) K. Inoue et al.   EJSO

Perioperative Chemotherapy Compared With Surgery Alone for Resectable Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma: An FNCLCC and FFCD Multicenter Phase III Trial

(2011) Marc Ychou et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

A phase II study of preoperative chemotherapy with S-1 plus cisplatin followed by D2/D3 gastrectomy for clinically serosa-positive gastric cancer (JACCRO GC-01 study)

(2010) T. Yoshikawa et al.   EJSO

Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008

(2010) Jacques Ferlay et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Phase II study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and extended surgery for locally advanced gastric cancer

(2009) T. Yoshikawa et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY