Chemotherapy in gastric cancer.
Although treatment of gastric cancer has improved substantially during the last decade there is still controversy about the best way and sequence of treatment. An early interdisciplinary treatment plan is mandatory before therapy is started. In this multidisciplinary expert statement we review current literature and give treatment recommendations for neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and palliative treatment of gastric cancer.
Wöll
Ewald
E
Department for Internal Medicine Zams, Saint Vincent Hospital Zams, Zams, Austria. e.woell@krankenhaus-zams.at
Devries
Alexander
A
Eisterer
Wolfgang
W
Hejna
Michael
M
Keil
Felix
F
Stein
Hubert
H
Zacherl
Johannes
J
Greil
Richard
R
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006801:Humans; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery