Oncological impact of unexpected horizontal tumor spread in gastric cancer that requires total gastrectomy

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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer often exhibits discrepancies between the gross and pathological tumor boundaries, and the degree of discrepancy may be a tumor characteristic. However, whether these discrepancies influence oncological outcomes remains unclear.

METHODS: The data of patients who underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer from 2005 to 2018 were collected. A new parameter, ΔPM, which corresponds to the length of the discrepancy between the gross and pathological proximal boundaries, was calculated and the patients were divided into two groups: patients with long ΔPM and those with short ΔPM. Oncological outcomes were compared between the two groups.

RESULTS: A length of 8 mm was determined as the cutoff value for long or short ΔPM. Tumor size, growth pattern, pathological type, depth, and esophageal invasion were associated with ΔPM > 8 mm. Overall survival of the ΔPM > 8 mm group was significantly worse than that of the ΔPM ≤ 8 mm group (5-year overall survival: 58% vs 78%; p < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis revealed that ΔPM > 8 mm was an independent risk factor for poor survival and peritoneal metastasis. The likelihood ratio test revealed a significant interaction between pT status and ΔPM (p = 0.0007). Circumferential involvement and gross esophageal invasion were poorer survival factors in the ΔPM > 8 mm group.

CONCLUSIONS: ΔPM > 8 mm is related to several clinicopathological characteristics and is an independent risk factor for poorer survival and peritoneal metastasis but not local recurrence. ΔPM > 8 mm combined with circumferential involvement or esophageal invasion is associated with relatively poor survival outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 26(2023), 5 vom: 29. Sept., Seite 823-832

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Koterazawa, Yasufumi [VerfasserIn]
Ohashi, Manabu [VerfasserIn]
Hayami, Masaru [VerfasserIn]
Makuuchi, Rie [VerfasserIn]
Ida, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Kumagai, Koshi [VerfasserIn]
Sano, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Nunobe, Souya [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gastric cancer
Horizontal tumor spread
Journal Article
Oncological outcome
Total gastrectomy

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Date Completed 24.07.2023

Date Revised 30.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10120-023-01401-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357492358