First-line chemotherapy with S-1 alone or S-1 plus cisplatin for elderly patients with advanced gastric cancer: a multicenter propensity score matched study.

Author
:
A Makiyama
K Kunieda
M Noguchi
T Kajiwara
T Tamura
K Takeda
J Sugiyama
K Minashi
T Moriwaki
N Sugimoto
M Nagase
Y Negoro
T Tsuda
H Shimodaira
N Okano
A Tsuji
D Sakai
K Yanagihara
S Ueda
S Tamura
S Otsu
T Honda
Y Matsushita
T Okuno
T Kashiwada
A Nozaki
M Ebi
H Okuda
M Shimokawa
S Hironaka
I Hyodo
E Baba
N Boku
K Muro
T Esaki
Abstract
:

Fluoropyrimidine and platinum combination is the standard treatment for advanced or recurrent gastric cancer (AGC). However, fluoropyrimidine monotherapy is commonly used for elderly patients with AGC because of its good tolerability.
Year of Publication
:
2018
Journal
:
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association
Date Published
:
2018
ISSN Number
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1436-3291
URL
:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10120-018-0797-y
DOI
:
10.1007/s10120-018-0797-y
Short Title
:
Gastric Cancer
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