Current Status of Multimodal Therapy for Advanced Gastric Carcinoma / 中国普外基础与临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To review the research advancement of multimodal therapy for advanced gastric carcinoma.Methods The literatures on multimodal therapy for advanced gastric carcinoma in recent years were collected and reviewed.Results The multimodal therapy,such as preoperative chemotherapy,preoperative adjuvant chemoradiotherapy,preoperative interventional chemoradiotherapy for advanced gastric carcinoma was effective because it could increase the rate of R0 resection for the patients with advanced gastric carcinoma.And it can decrease the mortality rate after operation,extend the overall survival time and improve patients' life quality.Conclusion Multimodal therapy is a promising method for the treatment of advanced gastric carcinoma and it should be further developed.