ArticleSurgery today2021
The impact of the preoperative hand grip strength on the long-term outcomes after gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer.
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- Prognostic role of hand grip strength (HGS) on outcomes after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of clinical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Consensus-defined sarcopenia predicts adverse outcomes after elective abdominal surgery: meta-analysis.BJS open · 2023Pooled it
- Sex Differences in the Association Between Low Skeletal Muscle Mass and Overall Survival in Patients With Gastric Cancer After Gastrectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.World journal of surgery · 2026Article
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- Preoperative albumin grip index as a novel biomarker predicting prognosis and postoperative complications after gastrectomy for gastric cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026Article
- Preoperative short physical performance battery in older adult patients with gastric cancer is associated with postoperative complications.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Article
- Combined Inflammatory Burden Index and hand grip strength for prognostic assessment in gastric cancer patients: a multicenter cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Handgrip strength assessment in breast cancer patients: validity and reliability of the Activ5 dynamometer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Oncological impact of the preoperative combined assessment of skeletal muscle mass for patients undergoing curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer.Surgery today · 2025Article
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- Hand grip strength in patients with advanced cancer: A prospective study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2023Article
- Impact of Preoperative Nutritional Assessment on Other-Cause Survival after Gastrectomy in Patients with Gastric Cancer.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Current status of the association between malnutrition defined by the GLIM criteria and postoperative outcomes in gastrointestinal surgery for cancer: a narrative review.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Review
- MIR4435-2HG in exosomes promotes gastric carcinogenesis by inducing M2 polarization in macrophages.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Grip strength assessment before cancer surgery: 'Shaking Hands' for long-term outcome.Surgery today · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThe correlation of the hand grip strength (HGS) and long-term outcomes after gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients is unknown. This study reveals the impact of the pre-operative HGS on the post-operative survival in gastric cancer patients.
methodsThis study is a retrospective cohort of consecutive patients who underwent gastrectomy for primary p-T2 (MP) or more advanced gastric cancer from September 2014 to April 2018 with records of pre-operative HGS. The high and low HGS groups were compared by Kaplan-Meier survival analyses for the overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), other-cause survival (OCS), and disease-free survival (DFS).
resultsOf the 96 patients, 35 (36.5%) were in the low HGS group, and 61 (63.5%) were in the high HGS group. The OS was significantly worse in the low HGS group than in the high HGS group (P = 0.013). There was no marked difference in the CSS (P = 0.214) or DFS (P = 0.675) between the groups, but the OCS was worse in the low HGS group than in the high HGS group (P = 0.029). Multivariate analyses of the prognostic factors concluded that a low HGS (P = 0.031) and open surgery (P = 0.011) were significant independent factors.
conclusionsA low pre-operative HGS is an independent predictor of a poor prognosis after gastrectomy for patients with advanced gastric cancer and may increase the risk of other causes of death.
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