title: [Two Cases of Bleeding Advanced Gastric Cancer Treated with Palliative Radiation Therapy].
abstract: Case 1: A man in his 70's was being treated with chemotherapy for unresectable advanced gastric cancer. Blood transfusion, endoscopic intervention including argon plasma coagulation, and transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) were all used to treat repeated tumor bleeding causing anemia, but controlling the bleeding was difficult. In order to control the hemorrhage, radiation therapy of 31 Gy/10 Fr to the cancer was administered. After receiving radiation therapy, the anemia stopped. Case 2: A man in his 70's considered an operation for advanced gastric cancer, but his cardiac performance was poor and it was impossible to perform an operation. We conducted radiation therapy of 39 Gy/13 Fr for the purpose of preventing bleeding from gastric cancer. After receiving radiation therapy, the anemia stopped. We believe that radiation therapy is effective to stop bleeding from gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Sakai City Medical Center.
authors.forename: Katsushu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamakawa
authors.forename: Jota
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: Yoichi
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authors.lastname: Makari
authors.forename: Tomono
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
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authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamigaki
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Tameyoshi
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authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Masaki
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authors.lastname: Tsujie
authors.forename: Hiroshi
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authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Hiroki
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authors.lastname: Ohzato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome