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ArticleGastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association2021

Impact of preoperative chemotherapy as initial treatment for advanced gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis limited to positive peritoneal lavage cytology (CY1) or localized peritoneal metastasis (P1a): a multi-institutional retrospective study.

Toshifumi Yamaguchi, Atsuo Takashima, Kengo Nagashima, Masanori Terashima, Masaki Aizawa, Manabu Ohashi, Ryo Tanaka, Tatsuya Yamada, Takahiro Kinoshita, Hisayuki Matsushita and 11 more

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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21 authors at 19 institutions in 2 countries.

Toshifumi YamaguchiDepartment of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Atsuo TakashimaDivision of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan. atakashi@ncc.go.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8456-1248
Kengo NagashimaResearch Center for Medical and Health Data Science, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan.
Masanori TerashimaDivision of Gastric Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
Masaki AizawaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
Manabu OhashiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryo TanakaDepartment of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Takatsuki, Japan.
Tatsuya YamadaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan.
Takahiro KinoshitaGastric Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan.
Hisayuki MatsushitaDepartment of Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center, Utsunomiya, Japan.
Koshiro IshiyamaDepartment of Surgery, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
Kei HosodaDepartment of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuhiro YuasaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokushima Red Cross Hospital, Komatsu, Japan.
Shusuke HarutaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Naoki KakiharaDepartment of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
Kazuhiro NishikawaDepartment of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Gen YunomeDepartment of Surgery, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan.
Taroh SatohDepartment of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Takeo FukagawaDepartment of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hitoshi KataiDivision of Gastric Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Narikazu BokuDivision of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.
The University of Osaka · JPJapanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital · JPKitasato University · JPNational Cancer Center · USNational Cancer Center Hospital East · JPNiigata Cancer Center Hospital · JPOsaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JPOsaka National Hospital · JPSaitama Cancer Center · JPSendai Medical Center · JPShizuoka Cancer Center · JPTeikyo University · JPThe Cancer Institute Hospital · JPThe Institute of Statistical Mathematics · JPTochigi Cancer Center · JPTokushima Red Cross Hospital · JPTokyo National Hospital · JPToranomon Hospital · JPYamagata Prefectural Central Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGastric cancer (GC) patients with peritoneal metastasis are defined as stage IV in the Japanese classification of GC. For patients with peritoneal metastasis limited to positive peritoneal lavage cytology (CY1) and/or localized peritoneal metastasis (P1a), gastrectomy followed by S1 monotherapy is one of the most widely accepted therapeutic strategy in Japan. This study investigated the efficacy of preoperative chemotherapy as initial treatment in GC patients with CY1 and/or P1a.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed GC patients diagnosed with CY1 and/or P1a at 34 institutions in Japan between 2008 and 2012. Selection criteria were: adenocarcinoma, no distant metastasis except CY1 or P1a, and no prior treatment. The subjects were divided into an Initial-Chemotherapy group and an Initial-Surgery group, according to the initial treatment.

resultsA total of 824 patients were collected and 713 eligible patients were identified for this study. As the initial treatment, 150 patients received chemotherapy (Initial-Cx), and 563 patients underwent surgery (Initial-Sx). Initial-Cx regimens were cisplatin plus S1/docetaxel plus cisplatin plus S1/others (n = 90/37/23). Both overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were similar between the Initial-Cx and Initial-Sx groups (median OS 24.8 and 24.0 months, HR 1.07, 95% CI 0.87-1.3; median PFS 14.9 and 13.9 months, HR 1.04, 95% CI 0.85-1.27). The 5-year OS rates were 22.3% in the Initial-Cx group and 21.5% in the Initial-Sx group.

conclusionsAlthough, the preoperative chemotherapy did not show a survival benefit for GC patients with CY1 and/or P1a, initial-Cx showed favorable survival in patients who converted to P0 and CY0.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGastrectomyHumansJapanMaleMedical RecordsMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPeritoneal LavagePeritoneal NeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesGastric cancerPeritoneal metastasisPreoperative chemotherapy

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