Progress of preoperative and postoperative radiotherapy in gastric cancer

Abstract Background Gastric carcinoma, a highly common malignant tumor, is treated mainly by surgery. Meanwhile, radiotherapy is attracting increased attention as a crucial locoregional therapy. However, the application of radiotherapy in gastric carcinoma is still limited and radiation standards re...

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Main Authors: Nan Zhang, Qian Fei, Jiajia Gu, Li Yin, Xia He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-018-1490-7