[Randomized study on the long-term adjuvant chemotherapy with ftorafur and mitomycin C for stomach cancer: second report]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1983 Nov;10(11):2408-17.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

In view of the usefulness of long-term adjuvant chemotherapy, the Cooperative Study Group of Surgical Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer adopted as the second cooperative study a prospective randomized trial on three groups; MMC alone, Futraful alone and a combination of MMC and Futraful. In the group of Futraful alone the survival and disease-free rate were improved in three years after operation, especially marked in patients with the advanced stage. Moreover, the survival and disease-free rate in the group of the combination therapy were higher than those in the group of Futraful alone, and the relapse rate was lower in the former. Therefore, a long-term combined adjuvant chemotherapy with MMC and Futraful seems to be one of the most effective chemotherapy regimens for resectable advanced gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives*
  • Humans
  • Mitomycin
  • Mitomycins / administration & dosage*
  • Postoperative Period
  • Random Allocation
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / mortality
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Mitomycins
  • Tegafur
  • Mitomycin
  • Fluorouracil