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Peri-operative Outcomes and Survival Following Palliative Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Joseph CowlingBethany GormanAfrah RiazJames R BundredSivesh K KamarajahRichard P T EvansPritam SinghEwen Alexander Griffiths
Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal cancer (2020)
Palliative gastrectomy is associated with a small improvement in survival at 1 year when compared to non-resectional surgery and chemotherapy. However, at 2 and 3 years following treatment, survival benefits are less clear. Any survival benefits come at the expense of increased major and overall complications.
Keyphrases
  • free survival
  • palliative care
  • minimally invasive
  • metabolic syndrome
  • risk factors
  • radiation therapy
  • advanced cancer
  • coronary artery bypass
  • insulin resistance