Clinical management of gastric cancer: results of a multicentre survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice guidelines in oncology-gastric cancer guidelines have been widely used to provide appropriate recommendations for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer. The aim of this study was to examine the adherence of surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists' to the recommended guidelines.

Methods

A questionnaire asking the treatment options for gastric cancer cases was sent to 394 Chinese oncology specialists, including surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists working in hospitals joined in The Western Cooperative Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of China. The questionnaire involved a series of clinical scenarios regarding the interpretation of surgery,

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3224384 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature