• Department of Digestive Tumor Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, P. R. China;
LIWei-su, Email: scidoc@aliyun.com
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Objective To observe the clinical curative effect of interventional chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer. Methods Thirty advanced gastric cancer patients underwent arterial infusion chemotherapy and embolization treatment between January and December 30, 2013. The treatment was carried out every three weeks. We evaluated the clinical results after the third treatment. The clinical improvement was assessed based on alleviation of such symptoms as epigastric pain, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting and fecal occult blood. The tumor size was evaluated through abdominal CT examination. Results Abdominal pain relieved in 19 out of 28 patients (67.9%); appetite improved in 18 out of 24 patients (75.0%); vomiting relieved in 15 out of 16 cases (93.8%); and fecal 9 out of 12 patients with positive occult blood turned to negative (75.0%). The total effective rate was 83.3%, and 8 patients accepted interventional therapy after operation. The survival rates during the 6, 12 and 24-month follow-up were respectively 85.0%, 65.0%, and 25.0%. Conclusions Interventional chemotherapy and embolization treatment are effective for advanced gastric cancer, which can relieve symptoms and lower tumor stage. Some patients have a second chance of operation, which can be an effective method in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer.

Citation: LIUJia-yun, JIANGChao, XUZhe, CHENChe, YAOXue-quan, LIWei-su, LIUFu-kun. Study on the Curative Effect of Interventional Chemotherapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer. West China Medical Journal, 2015, 30(1): 89-92. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20150024 Copy

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