216 - Should Perioperative Chemotherapy be the Standard of Care for Resectable Gastric Cancer?

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 (6) ◽  
pp. S-1258
Author(s):  
Brooke Vuong ◽  
Ahmed Dehal ◽  
Amanda Graff-Baker ◽  
Trevan Fischer ◽  
Shrawan G. Gaitonde ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid E. Slagter ◽  
Marieke A. Vollebergh ◽  
Edwin P. M. Jansen ◽  
Johanna W. van Sandick ◽  
Annemieke Cats ◽  
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Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and has a high mortality rate. In the last decades, treatment strategy has shifted from an exclusive surgical approach to a multidisciplinary strategy. Treatment options for patients with resectable gastric cancer as recommended by different worldwide guidelines, include perioperative chemotherapy, pre- or postoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy. Although gastric cancer is a heterogeneous disease with respect to patient-, tumor-, and molecular characteristics, the current standard of care is still according to a one-size-fits-all approach. In this review, we discuss the background of the different treatment strategies in resectable gastric cancer including the current standard, the specific role of radiotherapy, and describe the current areas of research and potential strategies for personalization of therapy.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pegah Farrokhi ◽  
Alireza Sadeghi ◽  
Mehran sharifi ◽  
Payam Dadvand ◽  
Rachel Riechelmann ◽  
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AbstractAimThis study aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy and toxicity of common regimens used as perioperative chemotherapy including ECF, DCF, FOLFOX, and FLOT to identify the most effective chemotherapy regimen with less toxicity.Material and MethodsThis retrospective cohort study was based on 152 eligible gastric cancer patients recruited in a tertiary oncology hospital in Isfahan, Iran (2014-2019). All resectable gastric cancer patients who had received one of the four chemotherapy regimens including ECF, DCF, FOLFOX, or FLOT, and followed for at least one year (up to five years) were included. The primary endpoint of this study was Overall Survival (OS), Progression-Free Survival (PFS), Overall Response Rate (ORR), and R0 resection. We also considered toxicity according to CTCAE (v.4.0) criteria as a secondary endpoint. Cox -regression models were used applied to estimate OS and PFS time, controlled for relevant covariates.ResultsOf included patients, 32(21%), 51(33.7%), 37(24.3%), and 32(21%) had received ECF, DCF, FOLFOX and FLOT, respectively. After the median 25 months follow-up, overall survival was higher with the FLOT regimen in comparison with other regimens (hazard ratio [HR] = 0. 052). The median OS of the FLOT regimen was not reachable in Kaplan-Meier analysis and the median OS was 28, 26, and 23 months for DCF, FOLOFX, and ECF regimens, respectively. On the other hand, a median PFS of 25, 17, 15, and 14 months was observed for FLOT, DCF, FOLFOX, and ECF regimens, respectively (Log-rank = 0. 021). FLOT regimen showed 84. 4% ORR which was notably higher than other groups (p-value<0. 01).ConclusionsFor resectable gastric cancer patients, the perioperative FLOT regimen seemed to lead to a significant improvement in patients’ OS and PFS in comparison with ECF, DCF, and FOLFOX regimens. As such, the FLOT regimen could be considered as the optimal option for managing resectable gastric cancer patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1926-1933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margreet van Putten ◽  
Valery E.P.P. Lemmens ◽  
Hanneke W.M. van Laarhoven ◽  
Hans F.M. Pruijt ◽  
Grard A.P. Nieuwenhuijzen ◽  
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Cancers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom van den Ende ◽  
Emil ter Veer ◽  
Mélanie Machiels ◽  
Rosa Mali ◽  
Frank Abe Nijenhuis ◽  
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Background: Alternatives in treatment-strategies exist for resectable gastric cancer. Our aims were: (1) to assess the benefit of perioperative, neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment-strategies and (2) to determine the optimal adjuvant regimen for gastric cancer treated with curative intent. Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and ASCO/ESMO conferences were searched up to August 2017 for randomized-controlled-trials on the curative treatment of resectable gastric cancer. We performed two network-meta-analyses (NMA). NMA-1 compared perioperative, neoadjuvant and adjuvant strategies only if there was a direct comparison. NMA-2 compared different adjuvant chemo(radio)therapy regimens, after curative resection. Overall-survival (OS) and disease-free-survival (DFS) were analyzed using random-effects NMA on the hazard ratio (HR)-scale and calculated as combined HRs and 95% credible intervals (95% CrIs). Results: NMA-1 consisted of 9 direct comparisons between strategies for OS (14 studies, n = 4187 patients). NMA-2 consisted of 16 direct comparisons between adjuvant chemotherapy/chemoradiotherapy regimens for OS (37 studies, n = 10,761) and 14 for DFS (30 studies, n = 9714 patients). Compared to taxane-based-perioperative-chemotherapy, surgery-alone (HR = 0.58, 95% CrI = 0.38–0.91) and perioperative-chemotherapy regimens without a taxane (HR = 0.79, 95% CrI = 0.58–1.15) were inferior in OS. After curative-resection, the doublet oxaliplatin-fluoropyrimidine (for one-year) was the most efficacious adjuvant regimen in OS (HR = 0.47, 95% CrI = 0.28–0.80). Conclusions: For resectable gastric cancer, (1) taxane-based perioperative-chemotherapy was the most promising treatment strategy; and (2) adjuvant oxaliplatin-fluoropyrimidine was the most promising regimen after curative resection. More research is warranted to confirm or reproach these findings.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
V K Lyadov ◽  
O A Pardabekova ◽  
M A Lyadova

Gastric cancer has one of the leading positions in the world in the prevalence and mortality among malignant tumors. The results of surgical treatment of locally advanced gastric cancer remain generally poor due to the high rate of relapse after surgery. Currently, perioperative (pre- and postoperative) chemotherapy in combination with surgery is recommended for patients with stage ≥IB resectable gastric cancer. We analyzed the studies devoted to the problem of choosing the optimal regimen of perioperative chemotherapy in locally advanced and oligometastatic gastric cancer. The highest efficacy was observed in the taxan-containing regimen FLOT which allowed to increase the median overall survival up to 50 months in a randomized controlled phase III trial. The use of perioperative chemotherapy with anti-Her2 therapy, immunotherapy or any other biologic drug remains investigational.


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