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ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2013

Usefulness of palliative prognostic score in the treatment of patients with non-resectable gastric cancer.

Masahide Ikeguchi, Abdul Kader, Miwa Yoshimoto, Seigo Takaya, Joji Watanabe, Youji Fukumoto, Tomohiro Osaki, Hiroaki Saito, Shigeru Tatebe, Toshiro Wakatsuki

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Article in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masahide IkeguchiDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Abdul KaderDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Miwa YoshimotoDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Seigo TakayaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Joji WatanabeDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Youji FukumotoDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Tomohiro OsakiDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Hiroaki SaitoDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Shigeru TatebeDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Toshiro WakatsukiDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Tottori University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the palliative prognostic (PaP) score in patients with non-resectable advanced gastric cancer. The PaP score was calculated prior to each course of chemotherapy in 44 consecutive patients with non-resectable advanced gastric cancer between 2003 and 2010 at the Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Japan. The prognosis was evaluated according to the PaP score and the different chemotherapeutic agents. The median survival time (MST) was 10 months. The PaP score classified the heterogeneous patient sample into three isoprognostic groups with regard to the possibility of a 1-month survival period, with 28 patients in group A (>70% chance), 12 in group B (30-70% chance) and 4 in group C (<30% chance). The MST of the three groups was 11, 3 and 1 months for group A, B and C, respectively. In group A, chemotherapeutic regimens did not affect patient survival, although the docetaxel regimen prolonged survival of patients in group B. In conclusion, the PaP score may be useful in selecting the best chemotherapeutic regimen in patients with non-resectable gastric cancer.

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docetaxelnon-resectable gastric cancerpalliative prognostic score

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PMID24649156
PMCPMC3915674
OpenAlexW2039510480

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