Resumption of oncological therapy in patients with advanced cancer undergoing explorative laparotomy for bowel obstruction.

CONCLUSIONS: We found that ASA score and performance status are associated with resumption of cancer treatment post-operatively and should be taken into consideration when considering the treatment strategy for patients with advanced cancer and malignant bowel obstruction. FUNDING: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. TRIAL REGISTRATION: not relevant. PMID: 32734884 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Danish Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research