Treatment of localized gastric and gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma: the role of accurate staging and preoperative therapy

Table 1 Five-year overall survival rates for randomized clinical trials of surgery and additional therapy, stratified by trial location (Eastern vs. Western countries)

Trial	Surgery Only	Surgery + Chemotherapy	Surgery + Chemoradiotherapy
Eastern
ARTIST [39]		73%	75%
ACTS-GC [40]	61%	72%
Western
CRITICS [41]		41%	41%
CROSS [16]	34%		47%
MAGIC [42]	23%	36%
FNCLCC/FFCD [43]	24%	38%

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