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Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer 4/2019

01-12-2019 | Case Report

Two Sessions of Radiotherapy Were Successful in Treating Gastric Cancer with Bleeding

Authors: Osamu Tanaka, Makoto Yamada, Tomohiro Kato, Takuya Taniguchi, Kousei Ono, Masayuki Matsuo

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer | Issue 4/2019

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The radical treatment for gastric cancer, which accounts for the highest malignancy-related morbidity in Japan, is surgery, and chemotherapy is often provided in addition to surgical treatment [1‐5]. On the other hand, in Europe and America, chemoradiotherapy is often provided after and/or before perioperative therapy. …
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Title
Two Sessions of Radiotherapy Were Successful in Treating Gastric Cancer with Bleeding
Authors
Osamu Tanaka
Makoto Yamada
Tomohiro Kato
Takuya Taniguchi
Kousei Ono
Masayuki Matsuo
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1941-6628
Electronic ISSN: 1941-6636
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-018-0138-8

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