title: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer: what are we trying to accomplish?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, jmullen@partners.org.
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*