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