Objective To evaluate the effects and safety of combination of oxaliplatin and capecitabine(XELOX)regimen for patients with advanced/metastatic gastric cancer. Methods Oxaliplatin 130 mg/m2 iv 3 h,dl,capecitabine 2000 mg/m2,twice a day for two weeks.Every 3 weeks was a cycle.Efficacy was evaluated after 2 cycles. Results Twenty-eight patients have been entered into the study.The tumor response rate observed in this study was 53.6% (15/28).Commonly occurring adverse events included nausea and vomiting,hand-foot syndrome and grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ neutropenia(2/28) .Conclusions XELOX is a high response regimen for advanced gastric cancer with mild toxicity,which can be practiced safely.