PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mosley, Mary
ED  - Lordick, Florian
TI  - Current Therapeutic Options for GC
DP  - 2014 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 27--28
VI  - 14
IP  - 22
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/22/27.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/22/27.full
AB  - Cytotoxic chemotherapy (CT) regimens with less toxic agents, which have been shown to provide similar survival as more toxic drugs and better quality of life, are the reference standard for advanced gastric cancer (GC). Although no specific regimen has been universally accepted, a combination regimen with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based compounds is optimal first-line treatment [Wagner AD et al. J Clin Oncol. 2006].