Open AccessTiming of surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer: Impact on outcomes
Author(s) -
Yi Liu,
Kecheng Zhang,
Xiaohui Huang,
Hongqing Xi,
Yunhe Gao,
Wenying Liang,
Xinxin Wang,
Lin Chen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v24.i2.257
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , odds ratio , gastrectomy , neoadjuvant therapy , confidence interval , stage (stratigraphy) , gastroenterology , proportional hazards model , cancer , chemotherapy , univariate analysis , surgery , multivariate analysis , breast cancer , biology , paleontology
To evaluate whether the neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT)-surgery interval time significantly impacts the pathological complete response (pCR) rate and long-term survival.