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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2019

Role of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resected T2N0 Gall Bladder Cancer.

Abhay K Kattepur, Shraddha Patkar, Mahesh Goel, Anant Ramaswamy, Vikas Ostwal

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Adjuvant Chemotherapy vs. No Chemotherapy for Patients with Carcinoma of Gallbladder Undergoing Curative Resection.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2022
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  3. Gallbladder cancer: Progress in the Indian subcontinent.World journal of clinical oncology · 2024
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abhay K KattepurGastrointestinal Oncology services, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Shraddha PatkarGastrointestinal Oncology services, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India. drshraddhapatkar@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8489-6825
Mahesh GoelGastrointestinal Oncology services, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Anant RamaswamyGastrointestinal Oncology services, Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Vikas OstwalGastrointestinal Oncology services, Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Marg, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Tata Memorial Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundManagement of operable gall bladder cancer (GBC) is closely related to its tumor (T) and nodal (N) status. The magnitude of benefit with adjuvant chemotherapy in completely resected, node negative T2 cancers is not completely defined. MATERIALS AND

methodsRetrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with pathological T2N0 (stage II, 7th edition AJCC) GBCs from January 2011 to June 2016 was evaluated for adverse risk factors, adjuvant treatment received, recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS). Survival analysis was done using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression tools.

resultsOf the 88 patients included, 30 received adjuvant chemotherapy while 58 were observed. The OS and RFS in the entire cohort were 82.9% and 62.7%, respectively, at a median follow-up of 44.18 months. The OS and RFS in the chemotherapy group were 85.1% and 76.4% while it was 81.4% and 55.5% in the observation group (p = 0.50). Recurrent disease was seen in 30.7%.The presence of lymphovascular invasion predicted inferior RFS (p = 0.031).

conclusionsAdjuvant chemotherapy may reduce distant failure rates but did not improve OS in completely resected T2N0 GBC patients in this study. LVI predicted inferior RFS in T2N0 patients. An evaluation of adverse prognostic factors would help design personalized treatment strategies for this select cohort of T2N0 GBC.

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Neoplasm StagingAdultAgedAntineoplastic AgentsChemotherapy, AdjuvantFemaleGallbladder NeoplasmsHumansIndiaMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisSurvival RateAntineoplastic AgentsAdjuvant chemotherapyGall bladder cancerLymphovascular invasion (LVI)T2N0

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