P-095 Palliative radiotherapy for haemostasis in irresectable gastric cancer
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The role of palliative radiotherapy for haemostasis in unresectable gastric cancer: a single-institution experience
PURPOSE To evaluate the outcomes of patients with gastric cancer bleeding who had been treated with palliative radiotherapy with haemostatic intent. METHODS AND MATERIALS Fifty-two gastric cancer patients aged 52-92 years (median 78 years) with active bleeding or anaemia resulting from inoperable gastric cancer were treated with short-course radiotherapy. Responses to radiotherapy treatment w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv233.95