Palliative care for advanced gastric cancer. Issue 7 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Harada, Kazuto; Zhao, Meina; Shanbhag, Namita; Baba, Hideo; Ajani, Jaffer a
• Is Part Of: Expert review of anticancer therapy. Volume 20:Issue 7(2020)
• Page Start: 575
• Page End: 580
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Gastric adenocarcinoma -- palliative care -- palliative gastrectomy -- malignant gastric outlet obstruction -- palliative radiotherapy; Cancer -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 616.99406
• DOI: 10.1080/14737140.2020.1781620
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1473-7140

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Proactive palliative care can effectively relieve symptoms early and effectively as well as improve the quality of life of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). Areas covered: The review summarizes palliative care for GAC. GAC caused specific symptoms, such as malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO), bleeding, weight loss, and/or ascites, therefore, these symptoms must be addressed specifically. Expert opinion: Palliative care should start early to control general symptoms, thus may improve the patient's condition to make the patient eligible for anti-cancer treatment. As some stage IV GAC patients can now live longer, palliative interventions become more important. A multimodality interdisciplinary approach is strongly encouraged.