Chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced inoperable gastric cancer: retrospective analysis of survival

Analysis of the overall survival for 164 patients with locally-advanced inoperable gastric cancer has been presented. One hundred and nine patients received radiation therapy, 25 patients received chemoradiotherapy and 30 patients received chemotherapy. Eligibility criteria for entry into the study were: radiation therapy at a total dose of not less than 40 Gy and not less than 4 courses of chemotherapy used alone or in combination regimen. The median follow-up for all patients was 82 months, 146 (89 %) patients died. The median survival time was 24 months (range 19–29) in patients treated with radiation therapy, 20,1 months (range 13–28) in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy and 10 months (range 7–13) in patients treated with chemotherapy (χ2=24,6, р