Study of Efficacy and Toxicity of Capecitabine Maintenance After Response to Docetaxel, Cisplatin, and 5-Fluracil-Based Chemotherapy in Advanced Carcinoma Stomach.

Background: Advanced gastric cancer is associated with poor survival despite chemotherapy. Maintenance chemotherapy has been successfully tried in lung cancer and colorectal cancers however there is scarce literature on maintenance therapy in advanced gastric cancer. We report a prospective non-randomized single-arm trial of capecitabine maintenance after response to docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-Flurouracil-based chemotherapy.

Study of Gemcitabine Plus Nab-Paclitaxel-Based Chemotherapy Regimen as First-Line Treatment in Metastatic Pancreatic Carcinoma.

Varun Goel  The purpose of this study was to study the effectiveness of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel combination as first-line chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. There is scarcity of data regarding efficacy and toxicity profile of this combination in Indian population.  The primary aim of this study was to assess efficacy of this regimen, for which evaluation done in terms of the objective response rate, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival.