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Abstract
Purpose: To explore the safety and effectiveness of paclitaxel and tegafur, gimeracil and oteracil potassium (S-1) combined with apatinib in the conversion therapy for unresectable advanced gastric cancer.
Methods: A total of 66 patients with advanced gastric cancer received treatment with paclitaxel + S-1 + apatinib. Patients evaluated as resectable advanced gastric cancer by the multiple disciplinary team (MDT) underwent the surgery. The clinical efficacy and adverse reactions of the patients receiving conversion therapy and the related indicators of those undergoing operation were recorded. Later, the survival of the patients was compared between successful conversion therapy (surgery) group and unsuccessful conversion therapy (non-surgery) group.
Results: All the 66 patients completed 3-7 cycles of chemotherapy, with a median of 5 cycles, and the objective response rate (ORR) after conversion therapy was 71.2% (47/66). Among them, 48 patients received operation for (225.2±37.3) min on average, with the intraoperative blood loss of (168.2±40.9) mL and (50.9±12.3) intraoperative dissected lymph nodes, including 34 (70.8%) cases of R0 resection. According to the postoperative pathological tumor regression grading (TRG), there were 2 (4.2%) TRG 0 cases, 10 (20.8%) TRG 1 cases, 28 (58.3%) TRG 2 cases and 8 (16.7%) TRG 3 cases. The follow-up results revealed that the one-year overall survival (OS) of the patients was 93.8% (45/48) in successful conversion therapy (surgery) group and 61.1% (11/18) in unsuccessful conversion therapy (non-surgery) group.
Conclusion: Paclitaxel and S-1 combined with apatinib can achieve a higher R0 resection rate, and improve the survival rate of patients with successful conversion therapy, showing high safety and efficacy.
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JBUON aims at the rapid diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oncology.
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With a rapidly increasing body of new discoveries in clinical therapeutics, the molecular mechanisms that contribute to carcinogenesis, advancements in accurate and early diagnosis etc, JBUON offers a free forum for clinicians and basic researchers to make known promptly their achievements around the world.
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JBUON keeps the characteristics of its former paper print edition and appears as a bimonthly e-published journal with continuous volume, issue and page numbers.