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Would you consider perioperative immunotherapy for a patient with locally advanced, resectable gastric cancer but not a candidate for chemotherapy?

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Medical Oncology · Massachusetts General Hospital

Some aspects of the management in this situation are influenced by the surgical candidacy. If this patient is not a candidate for chemotherapy it would be critical to have a multidisciplinary assessment for surgical candidacy. Unfit for chemo but fit for surgery is a relatively uncommon clinical sit...

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