Docetaxel, cisplatin and fluorouracil (DCF) regimen compared with non-taxane-containing palliative chemotherapy for gastric carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Gastric carcinoma (GC) is one of the highest cancer-mortality diseases with a high incidence rate in Asia. For surgically unfit but medically fit patients, palliative chemotherapy is the main treatment. The chemotherapy regimen of docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (DCF) has been us...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Long Chen, Xin-Zu Chen, Chen Yang, Yan-Biao Liao, He Li, Li Wang, Kun Yang, Ka Li, Jian-Kun Hu, Bo Zhang, Zhi-Xin Chen, Jia-Ping Chen, Zong-Guang Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3617226?pdf=render