JAMA surgery
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Multicenter Study
Processes of care in the multidisciplinary treatment of gastric cancer: results of a RAND/UCLA expert panel.
There is growing interest in reducing the variations and deficiencies in the multidisciplinary management of gastric cancer. ⋯ Patients with GC being treated with curative intent should be considered for multimodal treatment. For patients with incurable disease, surgical interventions should be considered only for the management of major bleeding or obstruction.