Background Gastric cancer is the most common cancer and the fourth most common cause
of cancer death in South Korea [1]. Despite the large number of gastric cancer patients …

Background: Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of
cancer-related death worldwide. Advanced gastric cancer (AGC) is associated with …

The most recent version of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical
Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of gastric cancer (GC) was …

Background Bleeding negatively impacts quality of life in patients with unresectable
advanced gastric cancer and has the potential to be lethal. When blood transfusion and …

Methods We searched MEDLINE and CENTRAL for eligible studies published from 1995 to
2015. Outcomes of interest were relief of bleeding, pain and obstruction. RESULTS Seven …

Purpose To compare and evaluate the utility of varying hemostatic radiotherapy
prescriptions for emergent palliation of bleeding tumors. Materials and methods This …

Background Gastric bleeding negatively impacts the quality of life of patients with
unresectable advanced gastric cancer and is frequently lethal. We investigated the efficacy …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The 30-day expected mortality rate is frequently used as
a metric to determine which patients benefit from palliative radiation treatment (RT). We …

Synthesis: The most common symptoms were categorized into physical and
affective/cognitive domains. Three to 17 (median= 7) symptoms occurred concurrently. The …

Background This study analyzed the clinical results of palliative radiotherapy for bleeding
control in patients with unresectable advanced gastric cancer. Methods We retrospectively …