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Stomach Cancer

News and highlights from ASCO Annual Meetings.


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Other Advances in Gastrointestinal Cancers
May 30, 2009

New research shows advances in the treatment of colorectal, anal, pancreatic, gastric, and rectal cancer.
Too Few Lymph Nodes Are Being Removed During Stomach Cancer Surgery in the United States
May 15, 2005

A new study shows that one quarter of people undergoing surgery for stomach cancer have the recommended number of lymph nodes removed, that this number varies widely by geographic region, and that adequate lymph node removal is related to people surviving this cancer.
Chemotherapy Helps People with Cancer of the Stomach and Lower Esophagus Live Longer
May 14, 2005

Results of the MRC Adjuvant Gastric Infusional Chemotherapy (MAGIC) trial show that perioperative chemotherapy (the use of chemotherapy before and after surgery) improved overall survival and delayed cancer growth for people with operable cancer of the stomach and lower esophagus.
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