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SUBMITTER: Cavaliere A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6928085 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cavaliere Alessandro A Merz Valeria V Casalino Simona S Zecchetto Camilla C Simionato Francesca F Salt Hayley Louise HL Contarelli Serena S Santoro Raffaela R Melisi Davide D
Journal of gastric cancer 20191113 4
Preoperative chemo- and radiotherapeutic strategies followed by surgery are currently a standard approach for treating locally advanced gastric and esophagogastric junction cancer in Western countries. However, in a large number of cases, the tumor is extremely resistant to these treatments and the patients are exposed to unnecessary toxicity and delayed surgical therapy. The current clinical trials evaluating the combination of preoperative systemic therapies with modern targeted and immunother ...[more]