Multidisciplinary treatment for patients with stage IV gastric cancer: the role of conversion surgery following chemotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With advances in gastric cancer chemotherapy, conversion surgery has drawn attention as a new strategy to improve the outcome of stage IV disease. We investigated the efficacy of conversion surgery following chemotherapy for patients with stage IV gastric cancer.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed clinico-pathologic variables and oncologic outcomes for 101 patients with stage IV gastric cancer who were treated with systemic chemotherapy followed by gastrectomy with intension of curative resection from January 2005 to December 2012.

Results

In terms of the best response from palliative chemotherapy, complete or partial response were observed in 65 patients (64.4%) in overall. Complete response of metastatic site were observed in 72 (71.3%) and 66 (65.3%) pa

SUBMITTER: Beom SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6238319 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature