Efficacy of Palliative Radiotherapy in Hemorrhage Control in Patients with Unresectable Gastric Cancer

We report the case of an 80-year-old man with unresectable, advanced gastric cancer and pulmonary cancer because of multiple liver metastases. The serum hemoglobin level declined to 5.3 g/dL during fourth-line chemotherapy. Radiation therapy of 30 Gy was administered in 10 fractions. After radiation...

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Published inGan to kagaku ryoho Vol. 47; no. 2; p. 316
Main Authors Makuuchi, Yosuke, Suda, Takeshi, Kuboyama, Yu, Sugiyama, Yuji, Takahashi, Kousuke, Seshimo, Akiyoshi, Katsumata, Kenji, Tsuchida, Akihiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.02.2020
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Summary:We report the case of an 80-year-old man with unresectable, advanced gastric cancer and pulmonary cancer because of multiple liver metastases. The serum hemoglobin level declined to 5.3 g/dL during fourth-line chemotherapy. Radiation therapy of 30 Gy was administered in 10 fractions. After radiation treatment was completed, the serum hemoglobin level increased to 8.5g/dL. No new adverse event was observed. Subsequently, the progression of anemia stopped, and oral intake became possible. Thus, palliative radiation therapy is useful for hemorrhage control in unresectable, advanced gastric cancer patients with a poor general condition and difficult surgical treatment.
ISSN:0385-0684