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Prognostic factors for cytology-positive gastric cancer

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Purpose

Positive peritoneal lavage cytology for gastric carcinoma cells (CY1) is considered distant metastasis and is classified as Stage IV. However, patients with CY1 comprise a heterogeneous population, and their prognosis varies greatly. The prognostic factors for gastric cancer patients with CY1 were retrospectively reviewed.

Methods

The participants were 80 gastric cancer patients with CY1 in our institution encountered between 2005 and 2017. Prognostic factors were analyzed using univariate and multivariate analyses.

Results

The operative procedure was distal gastrectomy for 30 patients, total gastrectomy for 27 patients, staging laparoscopy for 10 patients, gastrojejunostomy for 8 patients, and probe laparotomy for 5 patients. Other distant metastases were recognized in 36 patients. A multivariate analysis revealed that other distant metastases were the strongest independent risk factor for the overall survival (p < 0.0001). When the cohort was limited to CY1 patients without other distant metastases, cN2–3 (p = 0.01), the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) < 40 (p = 0.02) and Type 4 (p = 0.03) were independent risk factors according to a multivariate analysis. The survivals of patients with cN2–3 or PNI < 40 after gastrectomy were equivalent to those with other distant metastases, as assessed by log-rank analyses.

Conclusions

The prognoses of CY1 gastric cancer patients with cN2–3 or PNI < 40 were poor, even after gastrectomy.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Higashiosaka City Medical Center, 3-4-5 Nishiiwata, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 578-8588, Japan

    Shunji Endo, Masakazu Ikenaga, Katsuya Ohta, Masami Ueda, Yujiro Tsuda, Ryo Kato, Hiroaki Itakura & Terumasa Yamada

  2. Department of Surgery, Yao Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan

    Jin Matsuyama

  3. Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan

    Kazuhiro Nishikawa

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Endo, S., Ikenaga, M., Ohta, K. et al. Prognostic factors for cytology-positive gastric cancer. Surg Today 49, 56–64 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-018-1704-1

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