Palliative radiation therapy for bleeding from gastric cancer: A case series of seven patients

Norichika Ota; Akiko Adachi; Takahiro Oike; Yuta Hisatake; Toshihiko Higashizawa; Ken Teramoto; Yukishige Okamura; Tatsuya Ohno

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6955

Palliative radiation therapy for bleeding from gastric cancer: A case series of seven patients

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Feb 10;11(2):e6955. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6955. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Norichika Ota^{1

2

3}, Akiko Adachi^{1

2

3

4}, Takahiro Oike^{1

2

3

4}, Yuta Hisatake⁵, Toshihiko Higashizawa⁵, Ken Teramoto⁵, Yukishige Okamura⁵, Tatsuya Ohno^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology Sano Kosei General Hospital Sano Japan.
² Department of Radiation Oncology Gunma University Hospital Maebashi Japan.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine School of Medicine Faculty of Medicine Maebashi Japan.
⁴ Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center Maebashi Japan.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology Sano Kosei General Hospital Sano Japan.

Abstract

The hemostatic effect of palliative radiation therapy (RT) for unresectable gastric cancer is unclear. We performed palliative RT (20 Gy in 5 fractions or 30 Gy in 10 fractions) in 7 consecutive patients with bleeding. The number of blood transfusions decreased significantly post-RT, supporting the hemostatic effect of palliative RT.

Keywords: gastric cancer; hemostasis; palliation; radiation therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports