Conversion surgery for stage IV gastric cancer: a multicenter retrospective study

BMC Surgery

Table 2 Chemotherapy type before surgery

Variable		No. of patients (%)^a
No. of regimens
	1	67	(84.8)
	2	10	(12.7)
	4	2	(2.5)
Total number of courses, median (IQR)		4	(2–6)
Interval between initiation of chemotherapy and surgery (days), median (IQR)		141	(86–234)
First line regimen
	DCS	35	(44.3)
	SP	29	(36.7)
	Others	15	(19.0)

No, number; DCS, docetaxel and cisplatin plus S-1; IQR, interquartile range; SP, S-1 and cisplatin
^a Except as noted

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