Postoperative D-dimer elevation affects tumor recurrence and the long-term survival in gastric cancer patients who undergo gastrectomy

INTRODUCTION: We retrospectively evaluated the blood coagulation activity using the D-dimer level in the early period after gastrectomy and investigated whether postoperative hypercoagulation affects tumor recurrence and long-term survival in gastric cancer patients.

METHODS: The study involved 650 patients who underwent curative resection for gastric cancer at Kanagawa Cancer Center between July 2009 and July 2013. They were divided into a low-D-dimer group (LD group) and high-D-dimer group (HD group) according to the median D-dimer level on postoperative day (POD) 7. The risk factors for overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) were identified.

RESULTS: Of the 448 enrolled patients, 218 were classified into the LD group and 230 into the HD group. The 5-year OS rates after surgery were 90.8% and 81.3% in the LD and HD groups, respectively (p < 0.001). The 5-year RFS rates after surgery were 89.9% and 76.1% in the LD and HD groups, respectively (p < 0.001). A high D-dimer level on POD 7 (≥ 4.9 μg/ml) was identified as an independent predictive factor for both the OS (hazard ratio [HR] 1.955, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.158-3.303, p = 0.012) and RFS (HR 2.182, 95% CI 1.327-3.589, p = 0.002). Furthermore, hematological recurrence was significantly more frequent in the HD group than in the LD group (p = 0.014).

CONCLUSION: A high D-dimer level on POD 7 may predict tumor recurrence and the long-term survival in patients who undergo gastrectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer. Patients with an elevated postoperative D-dimer level need careful observation and diagnostic imaging to timely detect tumor recurrence.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

International journal of clinical oncology - 25(2020), 4 vom: 21. Apr., Seite 584-594

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hara, Kentaro [VerfasserIn]
Aoyama, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Tsutomu [VerfasserIn]
Nakazono, Masato [VerfasserIn]
Nagasawa, Shinsuke [VerfasserIn]
Shimoda, Yota [VerfasserIn]
Kumazu, Yuta [VerfasserIn]
Numata, Masakatsu [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Takanobu [VerfasserIn]
Tamagawa, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Shiozawa, Manabu [VerfasserIn]
Morinaga, Soichiro [VerfasserIn]
Yukawa, Norio [VerfasserIn]
Rino, Yasushi [VerfasserIn]
Masuda, Munetaka [VerfasserIn]
Ogata, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Oshima, Takashi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
D-dimer
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
Fibrin fragment D
Gastrectomy
Gastric cancer
Journal Article

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Date Completed 02.07.2020

Date Revised 02.07.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10147-019-01603-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304659479