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ArticleCureus2020

Definitive Chemoradiation With Dose Escalation for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: Case Studies.

Michelle Anthony, Uma Goyal

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Michelle AnthonyRadiation Oncology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, USA.
Uma GoyalRadiation Oncology, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer is a prevalent cancer with a predilection for Asian ethnicity and male patients. In early and locally advanced gastric cancer, without significant comorbidities, surgery is a part of the treatment management of this cancer. However, with concurrent comorbidities, surgery may not be recommended and alternative treatment options such as palliative chemotherapy and/or radiation and definitive chemoradiation can be considered to reduce morbidity. We present three cases of gastric cancer where definitive chemoradiation with dose escalation was utilized due to underlying comorbidities and poor performance status. The treatment was generally well tolerated by patients and resulted in substantial reduction in gastric mass size in two patients with median overall survival of 10 months.

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definitive chemoradiationgastric cancer

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PMID33214967
PMCPMC7673278

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