Type-oriented Intraoperative and Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Survival after Curative Resection of Advanced Gastric Cancer
= 16); intraoperative chemotherapy and UFT 300 mg/day (P1 group, n= 13); or UFT 600 mg/day (P2 group, n= 17). Patients with an intestinal type of cancer were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: H0 (n= 17), H1 (n= 12), and H2 (n= 12); each group was subjected to the same protocols as the P0, P1, and P2 groups, respectively, except for the MMC administration route. MMC (10 mg/patient) was administered intraoperatively into the intraperitoneal cavity (P1 and P2 groups) or the portal vein (H1 and H2 groups). All patients underwent curative resection. Background factors did not differ significantly among the treatment groups. The overall survival rates were progressively worsened in the order of P2, P1, and P0 or H2, H1, and H0, respectively. The survival rate of the P2 group was statistically higher than that of the P0 group (p < 0.05). The intermediate-term survival rate of the P2 group or H2 group was significantly higher than that of the P0 group (p < 0.05) or H0 group (p < 0.05), respectively. These results suggest the effectiveness of this therapy and the possible eradication of potential micrometastatic foci outside the surgical field by the direct administration of chemotherapeutic agents to the predicted recurrence site.