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Brief Title: Perioperative Chemoradiotherapy for Potentially Resectable Gastric Cancer
Official Title: Phase II Study of Preoperative Chemotherapy and Postoperative Chemo-Radiation for Newly Diagnosed, Potentially Resectable Gastric Cancer
Study ID: NCT00420394
Brief Summary: Rationale: Adjuvant chemoradiation considered as standard of care after curative surgery for adenocarcinoma of stomach and gastroesophageal cancer. Preoperative chemotherapy in the in locally advanced gastric cancer results in significant tumoral downstaging with improved rate of curative resections. Purpose: To evaluate feasibility and safety of combination of preoperative chemotherapy and postoperative chemoradiation for locally advanced adenocarcinoma of stomach and gastroesophageal cancer
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Soroka University Medical Center,Oncology Center, Beer-sheva, , Israel
Name: Margarita Tokar, MD
Affiliation: Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Role: STUDY_CHAIR