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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Mar 15, 2017; 9(3): 121-128
Published online Mar 15, 2017. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v9.i3.121
Published online Mar 15, 2017. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v9.i3.121
Table 5 Therapeutic interventions required
| Treatment category | Treatment | n (%) |
| Surgery | Palliative gastrectomy | 32 (36.0) |
| n = 89 (32.8%) | Surgical bypass | 46 (51.7) |
| Open gastrostomy | 2 (2.2) | |
| Feeding jejunostomy | 5 (5.6) | |
| Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy | 1 (1.1) | |
| Others | 3 (3.3) | |
| Endoscopic intervention | Feeding tube insertion only | 45 (78.9) |
| n = 57 (21.0%) | Stenting only | 8 (14.0) |
| Feeding tube insertion and stenting | 4 (7.0) | |
| Radiotherapy | Radiotherapy to gastric tumour | 29 (82.9) |
| n = 35 (12.9%) | Radiotherapy to other sites | 6 (17.1) |
- Citation: Tan HL, Chia CS, Tan GHC, Choo SP, Tai DWM, Chua CWL, Ng MCH, Soo KC, Teo MCC. Gastric peritoneal carcinomatosis - a retrospective review. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2017; 9(3): 121-128
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v9/i3/121.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v9.i3.121