scholarly journals Laparoscopic gastrectomy for elderly gastric-cancer patients: comparisons with laparoscopic gastrectomy in non-elderly patients and open gastrectomy in the elderly

Author(s):  
Zheng-Yan Li ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Bin Bai ◽  
Shuai Xu ◽  
Dan Song ◽  
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Abstract Background The benefits of laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) in elderly gastric-cancer patients still remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of LG in elderly gastric-cancer patients. Methods We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent LG or open gastrectomy (OG) between June 2009 and July 2015 in a single high-volume center. We compared surgical, short-term, and long-term survival outcomes among an elderly (≥70 years old) LG (ELG) group (n = 114), a non-elderly (<70 years old) LG (NLG) group (n = 740), and an elderly OG (EOG) group (n = 383). Results Except for extended time to first flatus, the surgical and short-term outcomes of the ELG group were similar to those of the NLG group. The ELG group revealed comparable disease-specific survival (DSS) rates to the NLG group (64.9% vs 66.2%, P = 0.476), although the overall survival (OS) rate was lower (57.0% vs 65.5%, P < 0.001) in the ELG group than in the NLG group. The ELG group showed longer operation time than the EOG group (236.4 ± 77.3 vs 179 ± 52.2 min, P < 0.001). The ELG group had less estimated blood loss (174.0 ± 88.4 vs 209.3 ± 133.8, P = 0.008) and shorter post-operative hospital stay (8.3 ± 2.5 vs 9.2 ± 4.5, P = 0.048) than the EOG group. The severity of complications was similar between the ELG and NLG groups. Multivariate analysis confirmed that LG was not a risk factor for post-operative complications. Conclusions LG is a feasible and safe procedure for elderly patients with acceptable short- and long-term survival outcomes.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costantino Voglino ◽  
Giulio Di Mare ◽  
Francesco Ferrara ◽  
Lorenzo De Franco ◽  
Franco Roviello ◽  
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Introduction. The impact of preoperative BMI on surgical outcomes and long-term survival of gastric cancer patients was investigated in various reports with contrasting results.Materials & Methods. A total of 378 patients who underwent a surgical resection for primary gastric cancer between 1994 and 2011 were retrospectively studied. Patients were stratified according to BMI into a normal group (<25, group A), an overweight group (25–30, group B), and an obesity group (≥30, group C). These 3 groups were compared according to clinical-pathological characteristics, surgical treatment, and long-term survival.Results. No significant correlations between BMI and TNM (2010), UICC stage (2010), Lauren’s histological type, surgical results, lymph node dissection, and postoperative morbidity and mortality were observed. Factors related to higher BMI were male genderP<0.05, diabetesP<0.001, and serum blood proteinsP<0.01. A trend to fewer lymph nodes retrieved during gastrectomy with lymphadenectomy in overweight patients (B and C groups) was observed, although not statistically significant. There was no difference in overall survival or disease-specific survival between the three groups.Conclusion. According to our data, BMI should not be considered a significant predictor of postoperative complications or long-term result in gastric cancer patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang-Chuan Mu ◽  
Yuan Huang ◽  
Zhi-Ming Liu ◽  
Xiang-Hua Wu ◽  
Xin-Gan Qin ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to explore the prognostic factors and establish a nomogram to predict the long-term survival of gastric cancer patients. Methods The clinicopathological data of 421 gastric cancer patients, who were treated with radical D2 lymphadenectomy by the same surgical team between January 2009 and March 2017, were collected. The analysis of long-term survival was performed using Cox regression analysis. Based on the multivariate analysis results, a prognostic nomogram was formulated to predict the 5-year survival rate probability. Results In the present study, the total overall 3-year and 5-year survival rates were 58.7 and 45.8%, respectively. The results of the univariate Cox regression analysis revealed that tumor staging, tumor location, Borrmann type, the number of lymph nodes dissected, the number of lymph node metastases, positive lymph nodes ratio, lymphocyte count, serum albumin, CEA, CA153, CA199, BMI, tumor size, nerve invasion, and vascular invasion were prognostic factors for gastric cancer (all, P < 0.05). However, merely tumor staging, tumor location, positive lymph node ratio, CA199, BMI, tumor size, nerve invasion, and vascular invasion were independent risk factors, based on the results of the multivariate Cox regression analysis (all, P < 0.05). The nomogram based on eight independent prognostic factors revealed a well-degree of differentiation with a concordance index of 0.76 (95% CI: 0.72–0.79, P < 0.001), which was better than the AJCC-7 staging system (concordance index = 0.68). Conclusion The present study established a nomogram based on eight independent prognostic factors to predict long-term survival in gastric cancer patients. The nomogram would be beneficial for more accurately predicting the prognosis of gastric cancer, and provide important basis for making individualized treatment plans following surgery.


2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15646-e15646
Author(s):  
H. Song ◽  
J. Kim ◽  
Y. Do ◽  
W. Lee ◽  
S. Ryu ◽  
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e15646 Background: The oophorectomy in isolated metastasis of ovary can lead to long term survival in patients with gastric cancer, but the clinical significance of oophorectomy in stage IV gastric cancer patients is not known well in this time. Methods: We reviewed the medical record of the 55 gastric cancer patients who were metastasis or recurrent in ovary at Dongsan Medical Center, Kimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea from 1985 to 2008. Results: Twenty-one patients were metastasis to ovary at the time of diagnosis of gastric cancer, and 34 patients were recurrent in ovary after the gastric resection. The mean age was 45.3 ± 11.6 years in metastatic cancer and 46.8 ±12.6 years in recurrent cancer patients. The stage at the time of gastric resection in 34 recurrent patients were I in 3, II in 1, III in 18, and IV in 10. Adjuvant chemotherapy were performed in 26 (76.5%) patients. Oophorectomy were performed in 33 (97.1%) of recurrent cancer, and 17 (81.0%) of metastatic cancer. The 1-year and 2-year survival rate of metastatic cancer were 14.7%, and 0%, and 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year survival rate of recurrent cancer were 47.2%, 18.1%, and 0%, respectively. The median survival duration of metastatic cancer were 8.9 ±1.0 months, and recurrent cancer were 11.4 ±2.3 months. Recurrent cancer were better survival than metastatic cancer patients (p=0.014). The long-term survival (over 2 years) was noted in 5 patients of recurrent cancer patients. The stage of gastric cancer was correlated to overall survival time in total patients (p=0.028). But, the relapse-free survival time after gastrectomy is the only factor to predict survival duration after oophorectomy in recurrent cancer patients (p=0.029). Age, stage of gastric cancer, extent of involvement of ovary, and systemic chemotherapy were not related to survival time of recurrent cancer patients. Conclusions: The survival time in patients with oophorectomy in recurrent gastric cancer was correlated to relapse-free survival time after gastric resection. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 133-133
Author(s):  
Haruhiko Cho ◽  
Takaki Yoshikawa

133 Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) after D2 gastrectomy has become a standard treatment for stage 2/3 gastric cancer in Japan and Korea; however, the results remain unsatisfactory due to insufficient risk reduction in patients with stage 3 disease and low compliance. Although the administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a promising approach associated with a high rate of compliance and a downstage effect, the long-term survival benefits of this modality are unclear. Moreover, the impact of the pathological response on survival has not been evaluated. Based on the hypothesis that the pathological response grade is associated with survival, we conducted a search for reports of a pathological complete response (pCR) obtained with NAC. Methods: A total of 27 gastric cancer patients who achieved a pCR following NAC therapy were identified using PubMed and the Japanese medical search engine “Ichu-shi,” with the search words “gastric cancer,” “NAC,” and “pCR.” A questionnaire regarding the patients’ prognoses was posted in 23 institutions in Japan in July 2013. Results: Answers regarding 22 patients were obtained from 20 institutions. The subjects included 13 males and nine females. The mean age was 67.5 years. Tumors with stage 3/4 (95.4%: 21/22) and a diffuse-type histology (61.9%: 13/21) were dominant. S1/CDDP was the most frequently selected NAC regimen. A total of 77.2% (17/22) of the patients required combined resection of adjacent organs, and all patients underwent R0 resection and D2 lymphadenectomy. At present, 86.3% (19/22) of the patients are alive without recurrence; none of the ten patients who received postoperative AC demonstrated any recurrence, while three of twelve patients who did not receive postoperative AC developed recurrence, and two patients died of the disease after surgery (at 71 months and nine months, respectively). The overall and recurrence-free survival rates at three/five years were 95.5%/85.1% and 90.9%/75.1%, respectively. Conclusions: Patients with gastric cancer who achieve a pCR with NAC are rare; however, their prognoses are excellent. It is therefore important to develop a NAC regimen focusing on a high pCR rate.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15560-e15560
Author(s):  
Ryoichi Miyamoto ◽  
Satoshi Inagawa ◽  
Naoki Sano ◽  
Sosuke Tadano ◽  
Masayoshi Yamamoto

e15560 Background: Preoperative NLR was well known as highly repeatable, cost-effective and widely available long-term postoperative prognostic marker of gastric cancer patients. However, the utility of preoperative NLR to predict short-term outcomes in gastric cancer patients remains unclear. In this study, we addressed whether the preoperative NLR is a predictive value of short-term outcome in gastric cancer patients. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 154 consecutive gastric cancer patients. Mean NLR was calculated, and 3.5 was set as cut-off value. The patient characteristics and perioperative outcomes were respectively compared. In addition, median survival times (MSTs) were also compared. In terms of stage II/III (UICC 7th) gastric cancer patients, median disease-free survival times (MDFSTs) were compared between the two groups. Results: The patients were then divided into two groups: low-NLR group (n = 110) and high-NLR group (n = 44). Among low-NLR group and high-NLR group, significant differences were respectively observed in preoperative symptoms [56 (51%) vs. 31 (70%); p = 0.027] and perioperative outcomes including postoperative complications [3 (2.7%) vs. 5 (11.3%); p = 0.015], intraoperative blood loss (158 ± 168 g vs. 232 ± 433 g; p = 0.022), and intraoperative blood transfusion [0 vs. 3 (6.8%); p = 0.042]. MSTs and MDFSTs were significantly differed (812 vs. 594 days; p = 0.04, 848 vs. 475 days; p = 0.03, respectively). Conclusions: The present study indicated that preoperative NLR influenced not only long-term outcomes but also perioperative outcomes in gastric cancer patients. Preoperative NLR is also a useful predictive value of short-term outcomes in gastric cancer patients.


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