Prognostic significance of perigastric tumor deposits in patients with primary gastric cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The presence and the prognostic significance of perigastric tumor deposits (TDs) in primary gastric cancer have not been extensively studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance perigastric TDs in primary gastric cancer.

Methods

From 2005 to 2010, 1250 patients underwent R0 gastrectomy at the Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China. Out of 1250 patients, 132 patients with perigastric TDs were identified. Additionally, 132 patients with staged matched gastric cancer without tumor deposits were selected as a control group.

Results

Perigastric TDs were observed in 132 (10.5%) of the 1250 patients with gastric cancer who underwent R0 gastrectomy. There were 94 males (71.21%) and 38 fem

SUBMITTER: Anup S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5518113 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature