Abstract
Background and aims
We analyzed the clinicopathologic features of node-positive gastric carcinoma patients who were long-term survivors (5 years or longer) and evaluated the predictive factors associated with long-term survival.
Patients and methods
Of 554 node-positive gastric carcinoma patients with curative resection, 161 (29.1%) were long-term survivors, and 393 died of the disease before 5 years.
Results
The long-term survivor group had a recurrence rate of 16.1%, while the recurrence rate was 95.4% in the short-term survivor group (P < 0.05). The mean tumor size in the long-term survivors (4.5 cm) was significantly smaller than that in the short-term survivors (5.3 cm; P < 0.001). A depth of invasion greater than T3 was found more frequently in the short-term survivor group (88.1%) than in the long-term survivor group (70.1%; P < 0.001). Using Cox’s proportional hazard regression model, the only factor found to be an independent, statistically significant prognostic parameter was tumor size (risk ratio, 0.301; 95% confidence interval, 0.10–0.88; P < 0.05).
Conclusion
The tumor size emerged as the only independent, significant factor for the prediction of long-term survival in node-positive gastric carcinoma patients with curative resection.
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Kim, D.Y., Joo, J.K., Park, Y.K. et al. Predictors of long-term survival in node-positive gastric carcinoma patients with curative resection. Langenbecks Arch Surg 392, 131–134 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-006-0114-9
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