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A phase II study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and S-1, followed by gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection for high-risk advanced gastric cancer: results of the KDOG1001 trial
The prognosis of patients with gastric cancer with bulky node metastasis, linitis plastica (type 4), or large ulcero-invasive-type tumors (type 3) remains poor. We conducted a phase II study to evaluate the sa...
