The role of surgical resection before palliative chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer.

Related Articles The role of surgical resection before palliative chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer. Sci Rep. 2019 03 11;9(1):4136 Authors: Choi YW, Ahn MS, Jeong GS, Lee HW, Jeong SH, Kang SY, Park JS, Choi JH, Son SY, Hur H, Han SU, Sheen SS Abstract The role of palliative surgical resection in recurrent or metastatic gastric cancer is still controversial. A retrospective review was conducted on 689 patients who received palliative chemotherapy for recurrent (n = 307) or primary metastatic (n = 382) gastric cancer. Among 131 patients (89 primary metastatic and 42 recurrent) with surgical resection before chemotherpay, 75 underwent gastrectomy, 42 metastasectomy,…
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