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ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2017

Integration of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for abdominal lymph node recurrence in gastric cancer.

J Lee, H I Yoon, S Y Rha, W J Hyung, Y C Lee, J S Lim, H S Kim, W S Koom

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Article in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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J LeeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
H I YoonDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
S Y RhaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
W J HyungDepartment of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Y C LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
J S LimDepartment of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
H S KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea. HYOSONG77@yuhs.ac.
W S KoomDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea. MDGOLD@yuhs.ac.

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National Research Foundation of Korea 2015R1C1A2A01055617
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAbdominal lymph node (ALN) recurrence in gastric cancer (GC) is rare and usually unresectable. We investigated the effects of integration of radiotherapy (RT) and chemotherapy against ALN recurrence in GC.

methodsWe retrospectively categorized GC patients with ALN recurrence treated between 2005 and 2013 into two groups: those treated with integration of RT and chemotherapy (RCT) and those who received systemic chemotherapy only (CT). The median follow-up period after ALN recurrence for all patients was 20 months.

resultsOf 53 patients, 31 and 22 were in the RCT and CT groups, respectively. Isolated distant failure (DF; 35.5%) without local progression (LP) was the dominant pattern of failure (POF) in the RCT group (median DF-free period, 26 months). LP followed by DF (31.8%) was the dominant POF in the CT group; LP (median LP-free period, 8 months) occurred 10 months earlier than DF (median DF-free period, 18 months). RCT patients had significantly longer median progression-free survival (PFS) compared to CT patients (25 vs. 8 months; P = 0.021). On multivariate analysis, treatment (CT vs. RCT) was an independent prognostic factor for PFS (hazard ratio 2.085; 95% confidence interval 1.073-4.050; P = 0.013).

conclusionsIntegration of RT and chemotherapy achieved long-term local control and prolonged PFS in GC patients with ALN recurrence. Local RT is feasible for treating isolated ALN recurrences.

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ChemoradiotherapyAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedCarcinoma, Signet Ring CellFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLymphatic MetastasisLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisRetrospective StudiesChemotherapyGastric cancerLymph node recurrenceRadiotherapy

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