Palliative care for advanced gastric cancer.

Palliative care for advanced gastric cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2020 Jun 16;: Authors: Harada K, Zhao M, Shanbhag N, Baba H, Ajani JA Abstract INTRODUCTION: Proactive palliative care can effectively relieve symptoms early and effectively as well as improve quality of life of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). AREAS COVERED: The review summarizes palliative care for GAC. GAC caused specific symptoms, such as malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO), bleeding, weight loss, and/or ascites, therefore these symptoms must be addressed specifically. EXPERT OPINION: Palliative care should start early to control general symptoms, thus may improve patient's condition to make the patient eligible for anti-cancer treatment. As some stage IV GAC patients can now live longer, palliative interventions become more important. A multimodality interdisciplinary approach is strongly encouraged. PMID: 32543938 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Expert Rev Anticancer Ther Source Type: research