Cisplatin or not in advanced gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Cisplatin-based chemotherapy is frequently used to treat advanced gastric cancer (GC). Although it leads to increased overall survival (OS) when added to single agents or chemotherapy doublets, toxicity is also generally increased. The purpose of this meta-analysis study was to compare t...

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Main Authors: Fausto Petrelli, Alberto Zaniboni, Andrea Coinu, Mary Cabiddu, Mara Ghilardi, Giovanni Sgroi, Sandro Barni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3873906?pdf=render