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ArticleYonsei medical journal2021

The Effectiveness of Postoperative Chemotherapy on pT1bN0 and pT2N0 Gastric Cancer Patients with Risk Factors: An International Dual-Center Analysis.

Kun Yang, Mo Xi Chen, Yoon Young Choi, Zong Guang Zhou, Woo Jin Hyung, Sung Hoon Noh, Jian Kun Hu

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Kun YangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8891-5736
Mo Xi ChenWest China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-7623
Yoon Young ChoiDepartment of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-7851
Zong Guang ZhouDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7616-1199
Woo Jin HyungDepartment of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8593-9214
Sung Hoon NohDepartment of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sunghoonn@yuhs.ac.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4386-6886
Jian Kun HuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-3471

Funding

Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province 2019YFS0256Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 2017SCU04A18National Natural Science Foundation of China 81772547Sichuan University 0082604151001/035West China Hospital, Sichuan University ZY2017304
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Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of postoperative chemotherapy in pT1bN0 and pT2N0 gastric cancer patients with high risk factors. MATERIALS AND

methodsClinicopathological data of gastric cancer patients, who had undergone gastrectomy in high volume centers in Korea and China and were finally diagnosed with pT1bN0 and pT2N0 between 2006 and 2010, were analyzed retrospectively. Survival analyses stratified by risk factors and multivariable analyses were performed.

resultsA total of 1509 patients were enrolled, with 41 (2.7%) patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy after gastrectomy and 1468 (97.3%) patients undergoing surgery alone. The adjuvant chemotherapy group showed higher percentages of tumor with maximal diameter >3 cm (51.2% vs. 25.8%), poor differentiation (68.3% vs. 49.8%), and less harvested lymph nodes (17.1% vs. 5.2%) compared to the surgery alone group. The overall survival rates were 95.1% in the adjuvant chemotherapy group and 93.3% in the surgery alone group, without significant difference. In multivariable analysis, age was found to be an independent prognostic factor. However, there were no difference in the overall survival between patients with risk factors and those without risk factors, even in terms of age. Meanwhile, patients with more than two risk factors who received chemotherapy showed better survival trend, especially for pT2N0 patients, compared to the surgery alone group, although no significant differences were observed.

conclusionIn pT1bN0 and pT2N0 patients, age was found to be an independent prognostic factor. However, adjuvant chemotherapy seemed to be unnecessary, while postoperative chemotherapy might offer survival benefits to pT2N0 patients with more than two risk factors.

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InternationalityChemotherapy, AdjuvantChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm StagingPrognosisRepublic of KoreaRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsStomach NeoplasmsSurvival AnalysischemotherapygastrectomyGastric cancersurvivalT1bN0T2N0

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