Survival outcomes in patients with gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinomas treated with perioperative chemotherapy with or without preoperative radiotherapy.

Sibo Tian Renjian Jiang Nicholas A Madden Matthew J Ferris Zachary S Buchwald Karen M Xu Kenneth Cardona Shishir K Maithel Mark W McDonald Jolinta Y Lin Walter J Curran Bassel F El-RayesMadhusmita BeheraPretesh R Patel

Published in: Cancer (2019)

The addition of preoperative radiotherapy to POC appears to be associated with an increased risk of death in patients with resectable gastric and GEJ cancers.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
patients undergoing
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
early stage
radiation induced
cardiac surgery
newly diagnosed
chemotherapy induced