title: Intraoperative radiation therapy in gastric cancer.
abstract: Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Although surgery is the only potential curative treatment, the overall survival results remain poor due to the high risks of recurrence, so scientists developed new aggressive adjuvant therapies. That is how the IORT appeared. IORT is a technique designed to provide a large radiation dose to a target tissue considered of being "at risk" to develop recurrence. In this review we resume recent publications which debate the use, efficacy and the overall survival after IORT.
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila " University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bacalbașa
authors.affiliation: "Ponderas Hospital" Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bălescu
authors.affiliation: Sf Pantelimon Hospital, Surgery Department, Bucharest.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calin
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila " University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania ; Sf Pantelimon Hospital, Surgery Department, Bucharest.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balalau
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: gastric cancer; intraoperative radiotherapy; local recurrence; prognosis