Optimal Timing to Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between time to surgery (TTS) and survival benefit is not sufficiently demonstrated by previous studies in locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC). This study aims to assess the impact of TTS after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) on long-term and short-term outcomes in LAGC patients.

Methods

Data were collected from patients with LAGC who underwent NACT between January 2007 and January 2018 at our institution. Outcomes assessed were long-term survival, pathologic complete response (pCR) rate, and postoperative complications.

Results

This cohort of 426 patients was divided into five groups by weeks of TTS. Under cox regression, compared to other groups, the 22–28 days and 29–35 days groups revealed a better OS (≤21 vs. 22–28 days: HR 1.5

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC7773852 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature