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Comparative Study
. 2000 Feb;231(2):188-94.
doi: 10.1097/00000658-200002000-00006.

Prognostic factors in gastric stump carcinoma

S Thorban  1 , K Böttcher, M Etter, J D Roder, R Busch, J R Siewert
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Comparative Study

Prognostic factors in gastric stump carcinoma

S Thorban et al. Ann Surg. 2000 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: To compare prognostic results in patients with gastric stump cancer (GSC) versus those with primary gastric cancer (PGC).

Summary background data: Gastric stump carcinomas have often been described as having low resectability rates and a poor prognosis.

Methods: Results of surgical treatment of 50 patients with GSC were compared with that of 516 patients with PGC.

Results: The resectability rate was 94% for GSC patients and 96.5% for PGC patients, without significant differences in terms of postoperative complications, death rate, and median survival time (31.6 vs. 32.9 months). The multivariate analysis showed an independent prognostic effect for R0 resection, pT1 and pT2 category, and age older than 65 years.

Conclusion: The prognosis after resection and adequate lymphadenectomy does not differ between patients with GSC and PGC.

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Figure 1. Overall survival in patients with gastric stump cancer and primary gastric cancer undergoing R0 resection.
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Figure 2. Overall survival in patients with gastric stump cancer (A) and primary gastric cancer (B) undergoing R0 resection according to tumor stage.
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