This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
Effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer. BJS 2014; 101: 1560-1565.
Published: 9th September 2014
Authors: H. S. Ahn, S.‐H. Jeong, Y. G. Son, H.‐J. Lee, S.‐A. Im, Y.‐J. Bang et al.
Background
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to improve the rate of complete (
Method
Data were collected from patients with
Results
Among 51 patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, there were no deaths and a morbidity rate of 24 per cent after surgery. Comparison of 48 patients in one institution who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with 92 patients who had surgery alone in the same institution showed no increase in postoperative morbidity (23
Conclusion
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with
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