• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2022

Purpose: We aimed to explore whether the prognosis of patients treated with capecitabine and oxaliplatin (XELOX) or S-1 and oxaliplatin (SOX) regimens who received fewer cycles of chemotherapy after D2 radical resection for gastric cancer (GC) would be non-inferior to that of patients who received the standard number of cycles of chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: Data on patients who received XELOX or SOX chemotherapy after undergoing D2 radical resection at Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital between January 2011 and May 2016 were collected. Results: In patients who received 4, 6, and 8 cycles of chemotherapy, the 5-year overall survival (OS) rates were 59.4%, 64.8%, and 62.7%, respectively. Compared to patients who received 4 cycles of chemotherapy, those who received 6 cycles (hazard ratio [HR], 0.882; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.599-1.299; P=0.52) or 8 cycles (HR, 0.882; 95% CI, 0.533-1.458; P=0.62) of chemotherapy did not exhibit significantly prolonged OS. The 3-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate of patients who received 4, 6, and 8 cycles of chemotherapy was 62.1%, 67.2%, and 60.8%, respectively. Compared to patients who received 4 cycles of chemotherapy, those who received 6 cycles (HR, 0.835; 95% CI, 0.572-1.221; P=0.35) or 8 cycles (HR, 0.972; 95% CI, 0.606-1.558; P=0.91) of chemotherapy did not show significantly prolonged DFS. However, the 3-year DFS and 5-year OS rates of patients who received 6 cycles of chemotherapy appeared to be superior to those of patients who received 4 and 8 cycles of chemotherapy. Conclusions: For patients with stage III GC, 4 to 6 cycles of XELOX or SOX chemotherapy may be a favorable option. This study provides a rationale for further randomized clinical trials.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2008

현재 국소 위암에서 유일한 완치적 치료법은 수술적 절제이나 적절한 수술적 치료에도 불구하고 상당 수의 환자들이 재발을 경험한다. 이에 다학제적 병용 치료 전략에 대해 많은 관심이 있어왔고 특히 최근에는 암의 병기 감소, 근치적 절제률의 증가, 미세 원격전이의 조기 치료 등의 가능성을 가지는 수술 전 선행항암화학요법에 대한 관심이 증대되고 있다. 최근의 3상 임상 연구인 MAGIC trial은 수술 전후 항암화학요법이, 수술 단독에 비해, 병리학적 병기를 감소시키며 국소 재발과 원격 전이를 감소시켜 생존율을 향상시킴을 보고하였고 또 다른 3상 연구인 FNLCC 94012/FFCD 9703 trial 역시, 수술 전후 항암화학요법이 근치적 절제율과 생존율을 향상시킴을 보고하였다. 두 연구는 수술 전후 항암화학요법에 대한 것이지만 수술 후 보조항암화학요법의 불량한 치료 순응도에 비추어 볼 때 치료성적의 향상은 주로 수술 전 선행항암화학요법에 기인하는 것으로 생각된다. 상기 연구들이 이루어진 서양과 달리 광범위(D2) 림프절 절제술을 표준적 치료로 시행하고 있는 한국의 현실에서 이들 연구결과를 그대로 적용하기에는 어려움이 있으나 한국에서 이루어진, 국소 진행성 위암 환자를 대상으로 한 몇 가지 임상 연구 역시 선행항암화학요법을 통한 근치적 절제률의 증가 및 병기 감소 효과를 시사하였다. 이러한 고무적인 치료 성적에 근거하여 향후 수술 전 또는 수술 전후 항암화학요법이 국소 위암에서 표준적인 치료 전략으로 자리잡을 수 있을 지 결론을 짓기 위해서는 대규모 임상 연구가 시행되어야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2009

목적: 최근들어 근치적 절제가 어려운 위암을 대상으로 수술 전 항암요법(preoperative chemotherapy)이 병기를 낮추어 완전 절제율을 높일 수 있다는 연구가 보고되고 있으나, 항암요법이 수술에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구가 부족하여 본원의 경험을 조사하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2001년 12월부터 2009년 1월까지 동일한 항암요법을 시행 받은 후 위 절제술을 시행한 46명을 대상으로 수술 전 전신 상태, 수술 소견 및 수술 후 임상 경과등을 분석하였다. 결과: 항암요법은 평균 4.4회가 시행되었고, 각각 4명의 환자들에서 절대 호중구 수치(absolute neutrophil count)가 1,500(${\mu}/L$) 이하로 떨어지거나 10% 이상의 체중 감소를 보였다. 29명은 수술 중 종양과 주위 장기와의 유착 또는 단단하게 고정된 소견을 보였으며, 근치적 목적의 병할 절제를 시행한 13명의 환자 중 4명만이 병리학적으로 타 장기 침범이 관찰 되었다. 근치적 위 절제술은 41명, 수술 후 합병증은 10명에서 발생하였으며, 수술 후 60일 내 사망은 없었다. 결론: 항암요법이 수술 전 환자에 미치는 영향은 적을 것으로 생각되며, 타 장기 침범 소견으로 병합절제를 시행한 상당수에서 종양이 없었던 것은 일부 항암 효과가 작용한 것으로 생각한다. 더불어 항암 요법 자체가 수술 후 합병증 발생률을 높이는 것으로 생각되지 않는다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.3-23
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• 2022

Countries differ in their treatment expertise and research results regarding gastric cancer; hence, treatment guidelines are diverse based on evidence and medical situations. A comprehensive and comparative review of each country's guidelines is imperative to understand the similarities and differences among countries. We reviewed and compared five gastric cancer treatment guidelines in terms of endoscopic, surgical, perioperative, and palliative systemic treatment based on evidence levels and recommendation grades, as well as the postoperative follow-up strategies for each guideline. The Korean, Chinese, and European guidelines provided evidence and grading of the recommendations. The United States guidelines suggested categories for evidence and consensus. The Japanese guidelines suggested evidence and recommendations only for systemic treatment. The Korean and Japanese guidelines described endoscopic treatment, surgery, and lymphadenectomy in detail. The Chinese, United States, and European guidelines more intensively considered perioperative chemotherapy. In particular, the indications for chemotherapy and the regimens recommended by each guideline differed slightly. Considering their medical situations, each guideline had some diversity in terms of adopting evidence, which resulted in heterogeneous recommendations. This review will help medical personnel to comprehensively understand the diversity in gastric cancer treatment guidelines for each country in terms of evidence and recommendations.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2017

Purpose: Perioperative chemotherapy improves survival outcomes in locally advanced (LA) gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with LA gastric cancer who were offered perioperative chemotherapy consisting of epirubicin, oxaliplatin, and capecitabine (EOX) from May 2013 to December 2015 at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. Results: Among the 268 consecutive patients in our study, 260 patients (97.0%) completed neoadjuvant chemotherapy, 200 patients (74.6%) underwent D2 lymphadenectomy, and 178 patients (66.4%) completed adjuvant chemotherapy. The median follow-up period was 17 months. For the entire cohort, the median overall survival (OS), 3-year OS rate, median progression-free survival (PFS), and 3-year PFS rate were 37 months, 64.4%, 31 months, and 40%, respectively. PFS and OS were significantly inferior in patients who presented with features of obstruction than in those who did not (P=0.0001). There was no difference in survival with respect to tumor histology (well to moderately differentiated vs. poorly differentiated, signet ring vs. non-signet ring histology) or location (proximal vs. distal). Survival was prolonged in patients with an early pathological T stage and a pathological node-negative status. In a multivariate analysis, postoperative pathological nodal status and gastric outlet obstruction on presentation significantly correlated with survival. Conclusions: EOX chemotherapy with curative resection and D2 lymphadenectomy is a suggested alternative to the existing perioperative regimens. The acceptable postoperative complication rate and relatively high resections, chemotherapy completion, and survival rates obtained in this study require further evaluation and validation in a clinical trial.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.79-82
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• 2022

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.87-104
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• 2015

Purpose: To assess real-world treatment patterns, health care utilization, costs, and survival among Medicare enrollees with locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic gastric cancer receiving standard first-line chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare linked database (2000~2009). The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) first diagnosed with locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic gastric cancer between July 1, 2000 and December 31, 2007 (first diagnosis defined the index date); (2) ${\geq}65$ years of age at index; (3) continuously enrolled in Medicare Part A and B from 6 months before index through the end of follow-up, defined by death or the database end date (December 31, 2009), whichever occurred first; and (4) received first-line treatment with fluoropyrimidine and/or a platinum chemotherapy agent. Results: In total, 2,583 patients met the inclusion criteria. The mean age at index was $74.8{\pm}6.0years$. Over 90% of patients died during follow-up, with a median survival of 361 days for the overall post-index period and 167 days for the period after the completion of first-line chemotherapy. The mean total gastric cancer-related cost per patient over the entire post-index follow-up period was United States dollar (USD) $70,808{\pm}56,620$. Following the completion of first-line chemotherapy, patients receiving further cancer-directed treatment had USD 25,216 additional disease-related costs versus patients receiving supportive care only (P<0.001). Conclusions: The economic burden of advanced gastric cancer is substantial. Extrapolating based on published incidence estimates and staging distributions, the estimated total disease-related lifetime cost to Medicare for the roughly 22,200 patients expected to be diagnosed with this disease in 2014 approaches USD 300 millions.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.282-285
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• 2004

전 세계적으로 위암의 발생빈도와 사망률은 감소하고 있으나 우리나라에서는 가장 흔한 암르로 중요한 사망 원인 중 하나이다. 특히, 진행성 위암의 경우에는 아직도 예후가 불랴하며 예후에 dudgiddf 미치는 인자로는 원격전이, 림프절 전이, 불완전한 수술절제 등이 있다. 선행화학요법은 수술 전에 화학요법을 시행하여 종양의 크기를 줄인 다음 수술을 시행하는 방법으로 이는 절제 불가능한 진행성 위암에서 병소의 국소적인 종양을 감소시켜 절제율이 증가하는 경우는 많이 있었다. 그러나 혈행성 및 복막파종 등 가종 원격전이를 동반한 위암에서의 선행화학요법에 대한 연구는 아직 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본원에서 폐전이 및 좌측 쇄골상부 림프절 전이가 있는 환자에서 선행화학요법 시행 후 원격전이 부위의 완전 관해 후 위전절제술을 시행 후 원격전이 부위의 완전 관해 후 위전절제술을 시행한 1예를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다. 증례: 47세 여자환자로 이학적 검사상 좌측 쇄골상부 림프절이 만져지고 흉부 방산선 소견 상 다발성 폐전이를 동반한 진행성 위암으로 진단 받았다. 술 전 항암요법으로서 Taxotere, CDDP와 5-FU를 투여하였다. 항암화학요범 4회 실시 후 좌측 쇄골상부 림프절과 흉부 방산선 소견 상 보이던 다발성 폐전이가 사라졌고, 복부 CT 소견 상 위병 변의 크기의 감소를 보였다. 이에 저자들은 위전절제술과 D2 림프절 곽청술을 시행하였다. 병리조직검사상 위암은 위근육층까지 도달했으며 62개의 절제된 림프절 중 42개에서 암세포가 발견되었다. 환자는 수술 후 2회의 항암요법을 추가로 시행 받은 후 퇴원하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.2703-2706
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was to determine the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed based chemotherapy in treating patients with metastatic gastric cancer who failed to respond to first and (or) second line chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: Metastatic gastric cancer patients who failed first and (or) second line chemotherapy, were enrolled. All patients were recruited from Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, and were treated with pemetrexed $500mg/m2$ (intravenous; on day 1), and a platinum (or irinotecan) every 3 weeks until disease progression, or intolerable toxicity. Evaluation on efficacy was conducted after two cycles of chemotherapy using the Response Evaluation Criteria for Solid Tumors. Toxicity was recorded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0. Results: From Jun 2011 to May 2013, 23 patients were enrolled. All eligible 23 patients completed at least 2 cycles of chemotherapy with pemetrexed based chemotherapy, and were evaluable. Their median age was 55 years (range 40 to 78 years). Seventeen patients were male and 6 female. Three patients (13%) achieved partial response, five patients (22%) stable, 15 patients (65%) with disease progression, and none with complete response. Grade 2 neutrophil suppression occurred in 4.3%, grade 3 in 13% of patients, and no grade 4 was reported. Thrombocytopenia was encountered as follows: 4.3% grade 2, 4.3% grade 3 and 4.3% grade 4. Incidence of anemia was 34.8% in grade 2, 8.7% grade 3 and 0% grade 4. Only 4.3% of patients required packed red blood cell infusion. Elevated transaminase were 4.3% in grade 2 and 0% in grade 3 or 4. Other toxicity included oral mucositis. Conclusions: Pemetrexed based chemotherapy is mildly effective in treating patients with metastatic gastric cancer with tolerable toxicity.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1369-1372
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• 2016

Background: Platinum compounds are the main drugs for treatment of advanced gastric cancer. Previous studies have shown that clinical outcome with platinum-based compounds depends on ERCC1 polymorphisms. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of a common polymorphism of ERCC1 gene (C8092A) in Iranian patients with advanced gastric cancer receiving platinum chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: Genetic analysis of the ERCC1 C8092A polymorphism was performed by the PCR - RFLP method using 50 paraffin-embedded tissue specimens. Results: Of the 50 cases, 32% of individuals showed CC genotype, 24% of them had CA genotype and 44% of patients had AA genotype. Conclusions: Based on the results, using of platinum-based chemotherapy would be expected to be specifically beneficial in only 32% of patients.