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 GriffithsPublished 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.