Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2023)

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

  • Norichika Ota,
  • Akiko Adachi,
  • Takahiro Oike,
  • Yuta Hisatake,
  • Toshihiko Higashizawa,
  • Ken Teramoto,
  • Yukishige Okamura,
  • Tatsuya Ohno

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6955
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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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, supporting the hemostatic effect of palliative RT.

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