In what situations do you recommend preoperative chemoradiation for gastric cancer?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I very rarely use preoperative radiation therapy in true gastric cancer. The data on RT in gastric cancer is mostly postoperative RT. In the past I have used RT for the rare distal lesion that was not resectable without a Whipple to try to convert the tumor to resectable. Even in th...