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Chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on aggregate data

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Wagner, Anna D., Grothe, Wilfried, Haerting, Johannes, Kleber, Gerhard, Grothey, Axel, Fleig, Wolfgang E.·2006·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Purpose: This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to assess the efficacy and tolerability of chemotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Methods: Randomized phase II and III clinical trials on first-line chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer were identified by electronic searches of Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Cancerlit; hand searches of relevant abstract books and reference lists; and contact to experts. Meta-analysis was performed using the fixed-effect model. Overall survival, reported as hazard ratio (HR) with 95% CI, was the primary outcome measure. Results: Analysis of chemotherapy versus best supportive care (HR = 0.39; 95% CI, 0.28 to 0.52) and combination versus single agent, mainly fluorouracil (FU) -based chemotherapy (HR = 0.83; 95% CI = 0.74 to 0.93) showed significant overall survival benefits in favor of chemotherapy and combination chemotherapy, respectively. In addition, comparisons of FU/cisplatin-containing regimens with versus without anthracyclines (HR = 0.77; 95% CI, 0.62 to 0.95) and FU/anthracycline-containing combinations with versus without cisplatin (HR = 0.83; 95% CI, 0.76 to 0.91) both demonstrated a significant survival benefit for the three-drug combination. Comparing irinotecan-containing versus nonirinotecan-containing combinations (mainly FU/cisplatin) resulted in a nonsignificant survival benefit in favor of the irinotecan-containing regimens (HR = 0.88; 95% CI, 0.73 to 1.06), but they have never been compared against a three-drug combination. Conclusion: Best survival results are achieved with three-drug regimens containing FU, an anthracycline, and cisplatin. Among these, regimens including FU as bolus exhibit a higher rate of toxic deaths than regimens using a continuous infusion of FU, such as epirubicin, cisplatin, and continuous-infusion FU.

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  • 5-FU inhibits thymidylate synthase, limiting thymidine nucleotides for DNA synthesis, and 5-FU and capecitabine remain widely used and important for gastrointestinal cancers.

    “The pyrimidine analogue 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is a synthetic analogue of uracil that inhibits thymidylate synthase, limiting the availability of thymidine nucleotides for DNA synthesis (Figure 1b, Figure 2c). 5-FU and the related 5-FU-prodrug capecitabine remain widely used chemotherapies today and are an important treatment for gastrointestinal cancers (Heidelberger et al., 1957; Wagner et al., 2”

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Wagner, A. D., Grothe, W., Haerting, J., Kleber, G., Grothey, A., & Fleig, W. E.
Affiliations
  • From the First Department of Medicine, Coordinating Centre for Clinical Trials, Department of Medicine IV, and Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany; and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
Venue
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Published
2006-06-20
Volume
24
Issue
18
Pages
2903-2909
ISSN
  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
OpenAlex
W2145390243
Cited by
1,171
References
51
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9.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GH0105)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
Keywords
advanced gastric cancer, first-line chemotherapy, 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, anthracyclines, irinotecan, combination chemotherapy, overall survival, best supportive care, epirubicin, chemotherapy toxicity
MeSH terms
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Humans, Stomach Neoplasms

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