[Comment] A CRITICal period for chemoradiotherapy in gastric cancer

In western countries, there are two standards of care for adjuvant therapy of resectable gastric cancer: perioperative chemotherapy, as investigated in the UK Medical Research Council MAGIC trial,1 and postoperative chemoradiotherapy, as investigated in the US Intergroup 0116 (INT0116) trial.2 Over the past decade, clinical practice has varied depending on geographic location, with postoperative chemoradiation being practiced more commonly in North America, whereas European countries have mainly used perioperative chemotherapy.
Source: The Lancet Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Comment Source Type: research