Table 3.
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% |