Two Cases of Unresectable Gastric Cancer Where Bleeding Was Controlled by Radiation

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2020 Dec;47(13):2364-2366.ABSTRACTCase 1: The patient was a 74-year-old man with a performance status(PS)of 0. He was referred to our department for pyloric gastric cancer with multiple liver, lung, and lymph node metastases. We started chemotherapy after making the diagnosis of an unresectable gastric cancer. During chemotherapy, the hemoglobin level dropped due to bleeding from the tumor. We attempted endoscopic hemostasis, which was not successful; therefore, we attempted a palliative radiotherapy. The total dose was 30 Gy in 10 Fr and hemostasis was achieved on the 10th day from the start of the radiotherapy. There were no…
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