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ArticleChinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu2016

Comparison of survival outcomes between transthoracic and transabdominal surgical approaches in patients with Siewert-II/III esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma: a single-institution retrospective cohort study.

Weihan Zhang, Xinzu Chen, Kai Liu, Kun Yang, Xiaolong Chen, Ying Zhao, Yongfan Zhao, Jiaping Chen, Longqi Chen, Jiankun Hu

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Article in Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Weihan ZhangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Institute of Gastric Cancer, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy.
Xinzu ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Institute of Gastric Cancer, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy.
Kai LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Institute of Gastric Cancer, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy.
Kun YangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Institute of Gastric Cancer, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy.
Xiaolong ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Institute of Gastric Cancer, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy.
Ying ZhaoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Department of Discipline Construction.
Yongfan ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Jiaping ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Longqi ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Jiankun HuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Institute of Gastric Cancer, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy.
West China Hospital of Sichuan University · CNState Key Laboratory of BiotherapySichuan University · CN

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Abstract

objectiveTo compare the survival outcomes of transabdominal (TA) and transthoracic (TT) surgical approaches in patients with Siewert-II/III esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma.

methodsThis retrospective study was conducted in patients with Siewert-II/III esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma who underwent either TT or TA operations in the West China Hospital between January 2006 and December 2009.

resultsA total of 308 patients (109 in the TT and 199 in the TA groups) were included in this study with a follow-up rate of 87.3%. The median (P25, P75) number of harvested perigastric lymph nodes was 8 (5, 10) in the TT group and 23 (16, 34) in the TA group (P<0.001), and the number of positive perigastric lymph nodes was 2 (0, 5) in the TT group and 3 (1, 8) in the TA group (P<0.004). The 5-year overall survival (OS) rate was 36% in the TT group and 51% in the TA group (P=0.005). Subgroup analysis by Siewert classification showed that 5-year OS rates for patients with Siewert II tumors were 38% and 48% in TT and TA groups, respectively (P=0.134), whereas the 5-year OS rate for patients with Siewert III tumors was significantly lower in the TT group than that in the TA group (33% vs. 53%; P=0.010). Multivariate analysis indicated that N2 and N3 stages, R1/R2 resection and a TT surgical approach were prognostic factors for poor OS.

conclusionsImproved perigastric lymph node dissection may be the main reason for better survival outcomes observed with a TA gastrectomy approach than with TT gastrectomy for Siewert III tumor patients.

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adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junctionprognosisSiewert classificationtransabdominaltransthoracic

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PMCPMC5018536
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