| Literature DB >> 32543938 |
Kazuto Harada1,2, Meina Zhao1, Namita Shanbhag1, Hideo Baba2, Jaffer A Ajani1.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Gastric adenocarcinoma; malignant gastric outlet obstruction; palliative care; palliative gastrectomy; palliative radiotherapy
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32543938 PMCID: PMC7415645 DOI: 10.1080/14737140.2020.1781620
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Expert Rev Anticancer Ther ISSN: 1473-7140 Impact factor: 4.512