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MDPI, Cancers, 9(12), p. 2598, 2020

DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092598

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Multimodality Treatment in Metastatic Gastric Cancer: From Past to Next Future

Journal article published in 2020 by Alessandro Parisi ORCID, Giampiero Porzio, Corrado Ficorella
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Gastric cancer (GC) still remains an incurable disease in almost two-thirds of the cases. However, a deeper knowledge of its biology in the last few years has revealed potential biomarkers suitable for tailored treatment with targeted agents. This aspect, together with the improvement in early supportive care and a wiser use of the available cytotoxic drugs across multiple lines of treatment, has resulted in incremental and progressive survival benefits. Furthermore, slowly but surely, targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors are revising the therapeutic scenario even in metastatic GC and especially in particular subgroups. Moreover, important study results regarding the possible role of an integrated approach combining systemic, surgical, and locoregional treatment in carefully selected oligometastatic GC patients are awaited. This review summarizes the state-of-the-art and the major ongoing trials involving a multimodal treatment of metastatic GC.