Pleural and pulmonary dissemination patterns from gastric adenocarcinoma among patients with treated primary disease in Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Latin America is one of the regions with the highest incidence of gastric cancer. Even though, there are not reports about the patterns of pleuro-pulmonary metastases in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma treated with curative intent and the prognosis according to each dissemination pattern.

Material and methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma treated with curative intent at the National Cancer Institute (INC) between 2010 and 2017. Demographic variables, variables associated with the primary disease and variables associated with the presence of pleuro-pulmonary opacities and metastases were collected. A univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed and survival curves were presented using the K

SUBMITTER: Restrepo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489939 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature