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When do you offer adjuvant radiation in addition to chemotherapy for patients with high risk localized gastric adenocarcinoma who did not receive pre-operative therapy?
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Radiation Oncology · Emeritus Professor
Would recommend starting concurrent chemo-radiation 4-6 weeks postoperatively, when the patient has recovered from their surgical procedure.
The US GI Intergroup trial 0116 demonstrated improvement in both RFS and OS for gastric cancer patients at high risk after surgery (T2-4N0, T1-4N+), who were ra...