Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 2 · 100%

Overall survival (OS) · patients with resectable gastric cancer

Post‐surgical chemotherapy leads to lower overall Survival (OS) compared with surgery alone (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Post‐surgical chemotherapy versus surgery alone for resectable gastric cancer 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
HR 0.85 [0.8, 0.9]
34 studies · 7523 participants
High

Disease-free survival · patients with resectable gastric cancer

Post‐surgical chemotherapy leads to lower disease Free Survival compared with surgery alone (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Post‐surgical chemotherapy versus surgery alone for resectable gastric cancer 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
HR 0.79 [0.72, 0.87]
15 studies · 4133 participants
High