Abstract

According to the medical history, imaging and pathological diagnosis, the advanced gastric cancer patients able to tolerate radiotherapy can be divided into the following three groups: (1) unresectable locally advanced or locally recurrent disease; (2) metastatic disease at primary diagnosis with stage Ⅳ; (3) patients experiencing severe tumor-related clinical symptoms. The role of palliative radiotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer would be discussed by reviewing 33 articles (8 in last five years, 13 in ten years). Key words: Gastric neoplasms/radiotherapy; Advanced stage; Palliative

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