The capecitabine and oxaliplatin (CapeOX) regimen is a commonly used adjuvant chemotherapeutic regimen for gastric cancer (GC). However, some patients exhibit a poor chemotherapy response due to genetic differences among individuals. Therefore, finding an effective sensitization strategy for CapeOX is important in the treatment of GC. The present study aimed to investigate the predictive biomarkers of the CapeOX chemotherapeutic outcomes for patients with GC. A total of 30 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using the gene expression profiles from The Cancer Genome Atlas capecitabine and oxaliplatin treatment GC cases and seven key DEGs [uroplakin-1b (), fatty acid-binding protein, heart (), cystatin-M, caspase-5 (), corticosteroid 11-β-dehydrogenase isozyme 2, cytochrome P450 4X1 () and epidermal growth factor receptor kinase substrate 8-like protein 3] were associated with survival. Gene validation was performed in clinical samples divided into recurrence and nonrecurrence groups. Patients with high or low expression of and had markedly different overall survival rates. A model was established and the area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic reached 0.875 (0.793-0.957), indicating that the model had good sensitivity and specificity.

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