Abstract:Data are available on two multicenter observational studies, the East German Gastric Cancer Study (EGGCS) '02 (surgical interventions only) and the German Gastric Cancer Study II (QCGC) from 2007 to 2009 (after inauguration of multimodal therapeutic concepts) with regard to palliative treatment of advanced gastric cancer. Through the first investigation period from January to December 2002 (EGGCS) overall 1139 patients with primary gastric cancer were registered and evaluated and then from 2007 to 2009 (QCGC) … Show more
Despite changes in the use of resection and chemotherapy as palliative treatment, overall survival rates of patients with advanced and metastatic gastric cancer did not improve.
Despite changes in the use of resection and chemotherapy as palliative treatment, overall survival rates of patients with advanced and metastatic gastric cancer did not improve.
Together with previously published data, the results from the two observational studies on rectal and gastric cancer presented here suggest a prognostic benefit from palliative resection of the primary tumor in metastatic disease.
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