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ArticleScientific reports2019

The role of surgical resection before palliative chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer.

Yong Won Choi, Mi Sun Ahn, Geum Sook Jeong, Hyun Woo Lee, Seong Hyun Jeong, Seok Yun Kang, Joon Seong Park, Jin-Hyuk Choi, Sang-Yong Son, Hoon Hur and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Yong Won ChoiDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Mi Sun AhnDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Geum Sook JeongDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Hyun Woo LeeDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Seong Hyun JeongDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Seok Yun KangDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. kangsy01@ajou.ac.kr.
Joon Seong ParkDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Jin-Hyuk ChoiDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. jhchoimd@ajou.ac.kr.
Sang-Yong SonDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Hoon HurDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Sang-Uk HanDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Seung Soo SheenDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of palliative surgical resection in recurrent or metastatic gastric cancer is still controversial. A retrospective review was conducted on 689 patients who received palliative chemotherapy for recurrent (n = 307) or primary metastatic (n = 382) gastric cancer. Among 131 patients (89 primary metastatic and 42 recurrent) with surgical resection before chemotherpay, 75 underwent gastrectomy, 42 metastasectomy, and 14 gastrectomy with metastasectomy. The median overall survival (OS) of patients who underwent surgical resection was significantly longer than that of patients who received chemotherapy alone (18 vs. 9 months, p < 0.0001). The OS benefit of surgical resection was consistent across subgroups. In multivariate analysis, surgical resection was independently associated with favorable OS (hazard ratio = 0.42, p < 0.0001). Moreover, patients with surgical resection showed favorable OS both in univariate (p < 0.0001) and multivariate (p < 0.0001) analysis even after propensity score matching. In addition, the median OS of patients who underwent gross complete resection (n = 54) was significantly longer than that of patients who underwent incomplete resection (n = 77) (30 vs. 15 months, p = 0.002). The present study suggests that judicious use of surgical resection before chemotherapy in recurrent or metastatic gastric cancer patients may result in a favorable outcome, especially when complete resection is achievable.

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AgedAntineoplastic AgentsFemaleGastrectomyHumansMaleNeoplasm MetastasisPalliative CarePostoperative ComplicationsStomach NeoplasmsSurvival AnalysisAntineoplastic Agents

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PMCPMC6411914

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