Abstract:
Objective To compare the survival of resected gastric cancer patient treated with oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin (FOLFOX6) with those treated with oxaliplatin and capecitabine (XELOX).
Methods A total of 147 resected gastric cancer patients accepted the treatment. Among them, 99 were treated with FOLFOX6 and 48 were treated with XELOX. Adverse events and survival rates of the two groups were compared.
Results Incidence of leukopenia and hepatic dysfunction in the FOLFOX6 group was significantly higher than that of the XELOX group (P < 0.05), whereas hand-foot syndrome in the XELOX group was significantly higher than that of the FOLFOX6 group (P=0.016). By contrast, the incidence of other adverse events, such as anemia, thrombocytopenia, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, kidney dysfunction, peripheral neurovirulence, and oral mucositis, was not significantly different (P<0.05) between the two groups. After 1, 3, and 5 years, disease-free and overall survivals between the two groups were not significantly different (P<0.05).
Conclusion The effects of FOLFOX6 and XELOX adjuvant chemotherapies on long-term survival of resected gastric cancer patients were found to have no significant difference.