Patterns of recurrence after curative D2 resection for gastric cancer: Implications for postoperative radiotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-quality randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the benefit of radiotherapy (RT) in patients with radical resected gastric cancer (GC), however, utilization rates of postoperative RT remain remarkably low. Patterns, incidences, and time of recurrence provide biological bases for clinical monitoring of GC patients and guiding potential complementary therapies. Thus, the aim of this study is to understand the location of locoregional recurrence which may allow individualized RT strategies and minimize radiation-related toxic effects.

Methods

A relatively large sample of GC patients in a single institution who had undergone curative D2 resection was retrospectively reviewed and the relevant recurrence patterns were illustrated. Independent recurrence-rela

SUBMITTER: Xu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333831 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature