CRITICS

NCT00407186 📎

Regimen

Experimental
preoperative chemotherapy + postoperative chemoradiotherapy (45 Gy + capecitabine/cisplatin)
Control
perioperative chemotherapy (ECC or EOC)

Population

Stage IB-IVA resectable gastric/GEJ cancer

Key finding

mOS 43 vs 37 mo (HR 1.01, 95% CI 0.84-1.22, p=0.90); 5y OS similar; postop compliance 59%/62%

Source: PMID 29650363

Timeline

    Guideline citations

    • NCCN GASTRIC (p.88)
    • CSCO GASTRIC 2025 (p.65)⚠️ OCR source