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. 2009 Oct 15;1(1):47–54. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v1.i1.47

Table 3.

Phase III milestone trials of adjuvant therapy for gastric cancer after surgical resection and information of elderly patients

Publication Trials Patient eligibility Successful regimens as adjuvant therapy Adjuvant effect Median Range Proportion of elderly patients (70 years old or over) Ref. Country
2001 INT-116 Pathological stage IB/II/III/IVM0 Surgery + Chemo (5-FU/LV)-Radiation (45Gy) 9% at 3 years 60 25-87 No information [31] USA
Surgery alone 59 23-80
2006 MAGIC Clinical stage II or more (M0) Surgery + perioperative EPI/CDDP/5-FU (ECF) 13.6% at 5 years 62 29-85 20.4% [32] UK
Surgery alone 62 23-81 21.3%
2007 ACTS-GC Pathological stage II/IIIA/IIIB Surgery + S1 10% at 3 years 63 27-80 25.9% [34] Japan
Surgery alone 63 33-80 22.6%