[Combined treatment of inoperable stomach cancer]

Vopr Onkol. 1977;23(11):109-13.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The results of combination therapy of 66 patients with inoperable gastric cancer are presented. The complex of therapeutic measures included: preoperative gammatherapy with a single dose of 350--400 rad and total dosage up to 2400--3000 rad, palliative operations or explorative laparotomy with subsequent postoperative irradiation (up to 4500--6000 rad) or chemotherapy with 5-fluoruracil (up to 3--5 grams). The average survival of patients was 9.3 +/- 0.9 months, and it was dependent on tumor process spread and the kind of surgical intervention. Radiotherapy is shown to effect positively the clinical course of the disease and patient's survival.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Gastrectomy / mortality
  • Gastroenterostomy / mortality
  • Gastrostomy / mortality
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Postoperative Care
  • Preoperative Care
  • Stomach Neoplasms / mortality
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy*
  • USSR