Treatment of stage IV gastric cancer with induction chemotherapy using S-1 and cisplatin followed by curative resection in selected patients

Table 2 Details of the 13 patients who underwent R0 resection

Case	Unresectable factor	Induction chemotherapy (course)	Final stage	Postoperative chemotherapy	Survival	Relapsed site
1	N3	3	IV	Paclitaxel	Dead	LN
2	N3	2	IIIB	S-1	Alive	-
3	N3	2	IV	UFT	Dead	LN
4	T4	2	IIIA	S-1	Alive	-
5	T4	2	IV	-	Dead	P
6	BulkyN2	2	IIIB	S-1	Alive	-
7	BulkyN2	2	IIIB	-	Alive	-
8	N3	2	IV	UFT	Dead	LN
9	BulkyN2	2	IIIB	S-1	Alive	-
10	P1	3	IV	-	Dead	P
11	P1	6	IIIA	S-1	Alive	-
12	BulkyN2	2	IIIA	-	Alive	-
13	P1	10	IV	-	Dead	P

H1, hepatic metastasis; LN, lymph nodes; bulky N2, bulky lymph node metastasis or invasion into the area around the celiac trunk; N3, para-aortic lymph node metastasis; P, peritoneum; P1, ascites or peritoneal nodules; T4, invasion of the primary lesion into adjacent organs, UFT, tegafur- uracil.

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