Open AccessGastric cancer with peritoneal metastases: Efficiency of standard treatment methods
Author(s) -
Roman Yarema,
Мyron Оhorchak,
Petro Hyrya,
Yuriy Kovalchuk,
Victor Safiyan,
I. Karelin,
Severyn Ferneza,
Markiyan Fetsych,
Myron Matusyak,
Yuriy Oliynyk,
Тaras Fetsych
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i5.569
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , cancer , chemotherapy , palliative care , conventional pci , stage (stratigraphy) , gastroenterology , multivariate analysis , metastasis , survival rate , surgery , oncology , nursing , paleontology , myocardial infarction , biology
Peritoneal metastasis (PM), arising from gastric cancer (GC), is the most common pattern of synchronous and metachronous dissemination and is generally associated with poor prognosis. New therapeutic modalities are being increasingly employed for such patients.