… This study aimed to determine whether three preoperative cycles of gemcitabine plus cisplatin
followed by radical surgery provides a reduction in the risk of progression compared with …

… The LCSG's subsequent randomized phase II trial, LCSG study #881, was therefore … , in
the neoadjuvant, preoperative therapy of unresectable stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer. …

… Study treatment This study is an open-label, randomized phase II trial. Eligible patients
were randomly assigned to either preoperative ACF chemotherapy followed by surgery (ACF …

… In conclusion, this multi-institutional, randomized phase II study showed that both two-
and three courses of DCF NAC were equally tolerable and feasible in patients with locally …

… in our randomized phase III study, approved by the Ethics Committee CPP ROUEN NO
on April 19, 2012 and the competent authority on February 27, 2012 (Clinical trial registry: …

… We conclude that preoperative and postoperative cisplatin, vindesine, and bleomycin …
chemotherapy in phase II trials indicated to us that a randomized trial of preoperative …

… effects of cisplatin on surgery, we did not find any difference in the perioperative morbidity
… To date, we are aware of only 5 completed phase III studies of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (…

Patients with measurable or evaluable locally advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma
of the oesophagus were treated with cisplatin (CDDP), 100 mg/m 2 , combined with 5-…

… We report a randomised, non-comparative phase II trial to determine whether adding
docetaxel to CF chemotherapy (DCF), with or without RT, can significantly improve the major …

… A number of studies have been run to test the efficacy of preoperative radiochemotherapy
compared with surgery alone 14-18 ; FU and cisplatin were the most common drugs employed…