title: Evaluation the Survival of Patients with Gastric Cancer Treated with Adjuvant or Palliative Chemotherapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to evaluate impact of chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil plus docetaxel and cisplatin) on the survival of gastric cancer cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-nine patients were eligible to take part in this study between November 2006 and April 2013, who received 5-fluorouracil (700 mg/m2, 21-h infusion within 5 days), cisplatin (60 mg/m2on day 3), and Docetaxel (60 mg/m2on day 2). Radiotherapy was added to the treatment only in the cases with entire stomach body cancer (positive margin) and with giant ulcer (above 50 mm) in proximal gastric cancer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-four patients were female and 55 were male. The median age was 54. In this study, 54 % of the tumors were located in the proximal and 46 % in the distal of stomach. Seventy five percent of patients were at stage I-III (adjuvant chemotherapy), and 25 % at stage IV (palliative chemotherapy). Ninety-one percent of the patients at stages I-II, 68.3 % of the patients at stage III, and one out of 20 patients at stage IV were alive at the end of follow-up. Median disease-free survival for the patients at stages I-III was 63 months, and the overall survival for all patients was 50 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of our study indicate that the survival of the patients with stomach cancer increases with chemotherapy. Radiotherapy was used for our patients with gastric cancer in specific cases.
authors.affiliation: Talaghani & Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. draznab@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mozaffar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aznab
authors.affiliation: Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.|Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, Floor 5, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Beiki
authors.affiliation: Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti BLND, Kermanshah, 6714415333, Iran.
authors.forename: Kiumars Eslam
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Pia
authors.affiliation: Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti BLND, Kermanshah, 6714415333, Iran.
authors.forename: Khosro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Setayeshi
authors.affiliation: Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti BLND, Kermanshah, 6714415333, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohamad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hesami
authors.affiliation: Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti BLND, Kermanshah, 6714415333, Iran.
authors.forename: Houshang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vrae
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077143:Docetaxel; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D043823:Taxoids / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D043823:Taxoids; D000077143:Docetaxel; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil
keywords: Adjuvant chemotherapy; Docetaxel; Gastric cancer; Overall survival