Prolongation of Survival and Improvement in Performance Status following Palliative Chemotherapy in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients with a Poor Performance Status

Kohei Shitara,Munakata M,Masaharu Kasai,Osamu Muto,Yuh Sakata

Prolongation of Survival and Improvement in Performance Status following Palliative Chemotherapy in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients with a Poor Performance Status

2008

Kohei Shitara
Munakata M
Masaharu Kasai
Osamu Muto
Yuh Sakata

Background: The prognosis of advanced gastrointestinal cancer, especially in patients with poor performance status (PS), is generally dismal. Patients with PS 3–4 are almost ineligi

Keywords:

Tumor marker
Pathology
Poor performance status
Cancer
Performance status
Gastroenterology
Medicine
Pleural effusion
Internal medicine
Chemotherapy
Gastrointestinal cancer
in patient
palliative chemotherapy

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