Radical gastrectomy is safe for treatment of gastric cancer patients on immunosuppressive drugs after organ transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

De novo malignancies are major causes of death after organ transplantation because the recipients subsequently receive immunosuppressant drugs. When gastric cancer develops, the clinical course of the tumor may be particularly aggressive. However, there are few reliable studies of gastric cancer treatment after organ transplantation. This study examined the clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer patients after organ transplantation and evaluated treatment outcomes after gastrectomy.

Methods

Clinical data were collected from 54 patients who were diagnosed with gastric cancer after organ transplantation. Of these, 30 who underwent surgery for gastric cancer while on immunosuppressant medications were compared with a control group of 625 gastric

SUBMITTER: Lee JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807791 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature