Efficacy and Safety of FOLFIRI as Second-line Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer

Sung Chul Park; Hoon Jai Chun

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Park and Chun: Efficacy and Safety of FOLFIRI as Second-line Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2015;66(1):1-4.

Published online: 4 October 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2015.66.1.1

Efficacy and Safety of FOLFIRI as Second-line Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer

Sung Chul Park, Hoon Jai Chun¹

Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: Hoon Jai Chun, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, 73 Inchon-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea. Tel: +82-2-920-6555, Fax: +82-2-953-1943, E-mail: drchunhj@chol.com

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Efficacy and Safety of FOLFIRI after Failure of FOLFOX-4 in Advanced Gastric Cancer

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