Palliative distal gastrectomy offers no survival benefit over gastrojejunostomy for gastric cancer with outlet obstruction: retrospective analysis of an 11-year experience

BACKGROUND: Either palliative distal gastrectomy or gastrojejunostomy are the initial treatment options for locally advanced gastric cancer with outlet obstruction when curative-intent resection is not feasible. Since chemotherapy is the mainstay for unresectable gastric cancer, the clinical value o...

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Published in:World J Surg Oncol
Main Authors: Okumura, Yasuhiro, Yamashita, Hiroharu, Aikou, Susumu, Yagi, Koichi, Yamagata, Yukinori, Nishida, Masato, Mori, Kazuhiko, Nomura, Sachiyo, Kitayama, Joji, Watanabe, Toshiaki, Seto, Yasuyuki
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364098/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25432703
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-364
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