title: Chemotherapy in the management of malignant gastrointestinal disease.
abstract: Malignancies arising from the gastrointestinal tract represent a diversity of histologies and natural history. The role of chemotherapy in the multidisciplinary approach to these malignancies is reviewed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Canfield
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mortimer
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents