Palliative radiation therapy for bleeding from gastric cancer: A case series of seven patients

Abstract The hemostatic effect of palliative radiation therapy (RT) for unresectable gastric cancer is unclear. We performed palliative RT (20 Gy in 5 fractions or 30 Gy in 10 fractions) in 7 consecutive patients with bleeding. The number of blood transfusions decreased significantly post‐RT, suppor...

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Main Authors: Norichika Ota, Akiko Adachi, Takahiro Oike, Yuta Hisatake, Toshihiko Higashizawa, Ken Teramoto, Yukishige Okamura, Tatsuya Ohno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-02-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6955