Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in Gastric Cancer • JML Journal of Medicine and Life

2014, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp 128 – 131

Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in Gastric Cancer

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Bacalbașa N ^*

Bălescu I ^**

Calin M ^**

Balalau C ^{* ***}

* *“Carol Davila " University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

** **“Ponderas Hospital" Bucharest, Romania

*** ***Sf Pantelimon Hospital, Surgery Department, Bucharest

Correspondence to:Nicolae Bacalbasa “Carol Davila " University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 8 Eroilor Sanitari Blvd., District 5, code 050474, Bucharest E-mail: nicolaebacalbasa@gmail.com, Mobile phone: +40723540426

Abstract

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Although surgery is the only potential curative treatment, the overall survival results remain poor due to the high risks of recurrence, so scientists developed new aggressive adjuvant therapies. That is how the IORT appeared. IORT is a technique designed to provide a large radiation dose to a target tissue considered of being “at risk” to develop recurrence. In this review we resume recent publications which debate the use, efficacy and the overall survival after IORT.

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gastric cancerlocal recurrenceintraoperative radiotherapyprognosis

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Article Publishing Date (print): 15-06-2014
Available Online: 25-06-2014

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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

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