Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of preoperative FOLFOX6 adjuvant chemotherapy combined with laparoscopic radical gastrectomy on the expressions of Lgr5 and Oct4 in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Methods Totally 124 cases of stage II and Ⅲ gastric carcinomas were examined and treated in Henan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from March 2012 to March 2015. These cases were randomly divided into two groups. The patients in the control group received radical gastrectomy, and the patients in the experimental group received preoperative FOLFOX6 adjuvant chemotherapy and laparoscopic radical gastrectomy. The short-term efficacy and the incidence of adverse reactions of the two groups were evaluated after treatment, and the expressions of Lgr5 and Oct4 in the gastric mucosa before and after treatment were compared between the two groups. Results The treatment efficiency of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of white blood cell reduction, liver and renal function damage, diarrhea, or intestinal obstruction between the two groups (P > 0.05). After treatment, the expressions of Lgr5 and Oct4 were significantly reduced in the two groups (P < 0.05), moreover, the expressions of Lgr5 and Oct4 in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions The effect of preoperative FOLFOX6 adjuvant chemotherapy combined with laparoscopic radical gastrectomy is significant for advanced gastric cancer. The treatment is safe and can effectively reduce the expressions of Lgr5 and Oct4 in the cancerous tissues.