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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2025

Survival Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive and Open Gastrectomy in Early and Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Western Center.

Sandhya Kalavacherla, Nicholas Neel, Vasan Jagadeesh, Michael Bouvet, Andrew Lowy, Santiago Horgan, Winta T Mehtsun, Kaitlyn J Kelly

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Sandhya KalavacherlaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, # 0987, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA. skalavacherla@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0485-9042
Nicholas NeelDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, # 0987, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
Vasan JagadeeshDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, # 0987, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
Michael BouvetDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, # 0987, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
Andrew LowyDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, # 0987, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
Santiago HorganDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, # 0987, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
Winta T Mehtsun *Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UC San Diego School of Medicine, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, # 0987, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
Kaitlyn J Kelly *Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA.

Funding

San Diego Biomedical Informatics Education & Research (SABER)T15LM011271 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SHAMIM NEMATI · 2012 to 2026
$9.7M
NLM NIH HHS T15 LM011271
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWhile minimally invasive gastrectomy (MIS) is well-utilized in Asia, its adoption in the West to treat gastric adenocarcinoma has been slower. We compare survival outcomes between open gastrectomy and MIS in a high-volume Western US center.

methodsIn this retrospective review, demographic and clinical characteristics of gastric adenocarcinoma patients who underwent curative-intent MIS (robotic or laparoscopic approaches) or open surgery were compared via descriptive statistics. Multivariable Cox hazard regression models were constructed to assess the effects of gastrectomy type on overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) in the overall cohort and a locally advanced subgroup (pathologic stage 2-3 patients).

resultsA total of 135 gastric adenocarcinoma patients were studied; 67% underwent MIS. Open patients experienced lower lymph node retrieval (p = 0.004) and neoadjuvant chemotherapy administration (p = 0.037) than MIS. OS (p = 0.18) and RFS (p = 0.74) were not different between MIS and open over a 5-year period. In multivariable survival models, gastrectomy type was not associated with OS (open hazard ratio (HR) = 1.78, p = 0.8 (compared to MIS)) or RFS (HR = 1.46, p = 0.7), while positive nodes (HR = 21.7, p = 0.003) and pathologic stage 3 (HR = 1.6, p = 0.025) were associated with poorer OS. Within the locally advanced cohort (N = 66, 67% MIS), OS (p = 0.43) and RFS (p = 0.72) were similarly not different between MIS and open patients.

conclusionsThis study contributes to the growing body of evidence supporting the efficacy of MIS to manage gastric cancer within Western populations. Importantly, these data highlight the utility of MIS as a treatment option for locally advanced disease where uptake has been slowest.

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AdenocarcinomaGastrectomyMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresStomach NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleHumansLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesRobotic Surgical ProceduresSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeGastric cancerMinimally invasive gastrectomyOverall survival

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PMID39979489
PMCPMC13128162

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