Postoperative radiochemotherapy for gastric adenocarcinoma: long term results

In Slovenia as well as worldwide, gastric carcinoma is considered as a disease with poor prognosis. Radical surgery which can be performed in only 50-70% of patients1,2 is a common treatment for localized disease. Long-term outcomes with surgery alone are still relatively poor because disease recurrence was observed in 75% of patients, and in 40-65% of them, the disease recurred Received 21 August 2009 Accepted 28 August 2009 Correspondence to: Assist. Prof. Irena Oblak, MD, PhD, Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška c. 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Phone: +386 1 5879 297; Fax: +386 1 5879 304; E-mail: [email protected] research article