Usefulness of palliative prognostic score in the treatment of patients with non-resectable gastric cancer

  • Authors:
    • Masahide Ikeguchi
    • Abdul Kader
    • Miwa Yoshimoto
    • Seigo Takaya
    • Joji Watanabe
    • Youji Fukumoto
    • Tomohiro Osaki
    • Hiroaki Saito
    • Shigeru Tatebe
    • Toshiro Wakatsuki
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  • Published online on: January 14, 2013     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2013.66
  • Pages: 253-256
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the palliative prognostic (PaP) score in patients with non-resectable advanced gastric cancer. The PaP score was calculated prior to each course of chemotherapy in 44 consecutive patients with non-resectable advanced gastric cancer between 2003 and 2010 at the Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Japan. The prognosis was evaluated according to the PaP score and the different chemotherapeutic agents. The median survival time (MST) was 10 months. The PaP score classified the heterogeneous patient sample into three isoprognostic groups with regard to the possibility of a 1‑month survival period, with 28 patients in group A (>70% chance), 12 in group B (30-70% chance) and 4 in group C (<30% chance). The MST of the three groups was 11, 3 and 1 months for group A, B and C, respectively. In group A, chemotherapeutic regimens did not affect patient survival, although the docetaxel regimen prolonged survival of patients in group B. In conclusion, the PaP score may be useful in selecting the best chemotherapeutic regimen in patients with non-resectable gastric cancer.
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Ikeguchi M, Kader A, Yoshimoto M, Takaya S, Watanabe J, Fukumoto Y, Osaki T, Saito H, Tatebe S, Wakatsuki T, Wakatsuki T, et al: Usefulness of palliative prognostic score in the treatment of patients with non-resectable gastric cancer. Mol Clin Oncol 1: 253-256, 2013
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Ikeguchi, M., Kader, A., Yoshimoto, M., Takaya, S., Watanabe, J., Fukumoto, Y. ... Wakatsuki, T. (2013). Usefulness of palliative prognostic score in the treatment of patients with non-resectable gastric cancer. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 1, 253-256. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2013.66
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Ikeguchi, M., Kader, A., Yoshimoto, M., Takaya, S., Watanabe, J., Fukumoto, Y., Osaki, T., Saito, H., Tatebe, S., Wakatsuki, T."Usefulness of palliative prognostic score in the treatment of patients with non-resectable gastric cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 1.2 (2013): 253-256.
Chicago
Ikeguchi, M., Kader, A., Yoshimoto, M., Takaya, S., Watanabe, J., Fukumoto, Y., Osaki, T., Saito, H., Tatebe, S., Wakatsuki, T."Usefulness of palliative prognostic score in the treatment of patients with non-resectable gastric cancer". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 1, no. 2 (2013): 253-256. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2013.66