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A review of chemotherapy in gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Comis Robert L.,
Carter Stephen K.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197411)34:5<1576::aid-cncr2820340503>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , chemotherapy , mitomycin c , cancer chemotherapy , stomach cancer , drug , oncology , surgery , pharmacology
This paper compiles and reviews the data on chemotherapy with single drugs and multiple drug combinations in gastric cancer. Of the more than two dozen individual agents that have been used, only a few have been adequately evaluated, and just three (5‐fluorouracil, Mitomycin C, and BCNU) exhibit clinically significant activity. The review points out the paucity of information on the efficacy of many standard anticancer drugs and the need for clinical studies designed specifically for stomach cancer.