What adjuvant therapy would be recommended for node positive gastric adenocarcinoma s/p gastrectomy, in a patient who did not receive neoadjuvant therapy?

Topics: Gastrointestinal Cancers • Gastric Cancer • Medical Oncology

Is FOLFOX or 5FU acceptable without XRT if D2 resection?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution

The 4 studies that provide guidance for adjuvant treatment are chemotherapy only (ACTS-GC and CLASSIC with 1 year of S-1 and Capeox respectively)chemoradiation (US INT 116 for bolus 5-FU/leucovorin before and after chemoradiation with 5-FU) and chemotherapy with or without chemoradiation (ARTIST stu...

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Radiation Oncologist at Center for Neurosciences
Given that ARTIST II is now published, could we ha...

Medical Oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
That's a good question. I'm not aware ARTIST 2 has...

Medical Oncologist at Cancer Care Specialists/Renown Oncology/UNR
Great answer. For patients who received neoadj FLO...

Medical Oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
I used to consider adjuvant chemoradiation but, ba...

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