Fig. 2.

The decision to change treatment in patients with advanced gastric cancer receiving chemotherapy. *1 Deterioration indicated by CT image results includes the following; an increase in the size of the target lesion; an increase/trend for an increase in the size of non-target lesion; emergence of a new lesion; characteristic findings (bowel wall thickening, bowel dilatation, hydronephrosis, biliary dilatation, etc.). *2 A careful medical interview includes questions about; the condition of meal intake; body weight changes; symptoms such as constipation/diarrhea, feeling of fullness, relapse of previous symptoms(not only abdominal pain and nausea); other changes in daily life