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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2014; 20(14): 3889-3904
Published online Apr 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i14.3889
Table 5 Main data regarding adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer
Ref.Study designnSurvivalDisease freeRecurrence (P value)Loco-regional
(P value, HR, RR)Survival (P value, HR, RR)Recurrence (P value)
Sakuramoto et al[59], 2007RCTS: 530At 3 yrAt 3 yrAt 3 yrAt 3 yr
Surgery alone (S) vs surgery + chemoterapy (SC)SC: 529S < SC (0.003)S < SC (0.001)S > SC (0.001)S > SC (0.006)
Sasako et al[60], 2011RCTS: 530At 5 yrAt 5 yrAt 5 yrAt 5 yr
Surgery alone (S) vs surgery + chemoterapy (SC)SC: 529SC benefit vs SSC benefit vs SS > SC (0.008)S > SC (0.005)
HR = 0.66HR = 0.65
Bang et al[61], 2012RCTS: 515At 3 yrAt 3 yrAt 3 yrAt 3 yr
Surgery alone (S) vs surgery + chemoterapy (SC)SC: 520SC benefit vs SSC benefit vs SS > SC (0.0006)S > SC (0.0003)
HR = 0.72 (0.049)HR = 0.56 (0.0001)
Liu et al[64], 2008Meta-analysisS: 2313At median 5 yrAt median 5 yrAt median 5 yrAt median 5 yr
Surgery alone (S) vsSC: 2286SC benefit vs SSC benefit vs SSC benefit vs SSC benefit vs S
surgery + chemoterapy (SC)RR = 0.85 (0.00001)RR = 0.85 (0.04)RR = 0.78RR between 0.62-0.65
Sun et al[62], 2009Meta-analysisS: 1914At 5 yr
Surgery alone (S) vs surgery + chemoterapy (SC)SC: 1931SC benefit vs S
HR = 0.78 (0.001)
Paoletti et al[63], 2010Meta-analysisS: 1885At 10 yrAt 10 yr
Surgery alone (S) vs surgery + chemoterapy (SC)SC: 1953SC benefit vs SSC benefit vs S
HR = 0.82 (0.001)HR = 0.82 (0.001)