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SUBMITTER: Jain VK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3338142 | biostudies-other | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jain Vikram K VK Cunningham David D Rao Sheela S
Indian journal of surgical oncology 20111201 4
The majority of gastric cancer patients present with advanced, incurable disease and only a minority have localised disease that is suitable for radical treatment. A benefit has generally been demonstrated from adding chemotherapy to surgery for early disease though there are marked differences in how this is done globally. Whilst a perioperative approach, with chemotherapy given before and after gastric surgery is commonly used in the Europe and Australia most patients with operable gastric can ...[more]