O'Connor K G
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Semin Oncol Nurs. 1999 Feb;15(1):26-35. doi: 10.1016/s0749-2081(99)80037-0.
To review the current status, recent advances, and ongoing research related to screening, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of gastric cancer.
Professional journals, research studies, and review articles relating to gastric cancer.
Surgical resection is the gold standard curative treatment for gastric cancer; however, diagnosis is often at later stages of disease, leaving poor long-term survival rates. An emphasis has been placed on developing more effective chemotherapy regimens; currently, fluorouracil is the standard single agent used for gastric cancer. Radiation therapy has been used for palliative symptom management.
An understanding of current treatment modalities for gastric cancer will help oncology nurses assist their patients throughout their course of treatment with education, nutritional support, and symptom control.
