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Survival after surgical treatment of early gastric cancer, surgical techniques, and long-term survival

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Early gastric cancer (EGC) is well accepted as having a favorable prognosis after surgical treatment. Difference in treatment strategies for EGC between Japan and western countries indicates a need for current information to be evaluated with regard to long-term survival rates of EGC patients throughout the world. To analyze survival rates and recurrence after resection of EGC, we investigated 51 reports in English that each included more than 50 cases of EGC treated by gastrectomy and had been published during the past 12 years (1992–2003). Prevalence of EGC among all gastric cancers was 45%–51% in Japan, but only 7%–28% in western countries. Mean age at diagnosis was less than 60 years in Japan and Korea, but was more than 60 in most of the Western countries. Actuarial and disease-specific 5-year survival rates for EGC were 72%–95.8% and 88%–98.3%, respectively. Those for EGC that were invading the submucosal layer were 71.6%–94.1% and 82%–96.6%, respectively. Those for EGC with lymph node metastasis were 57%–89.1% and 72%–93.5%, respectively. Prevalence of recurrence ranged from 1.0% to 13.8%. Larger clinical series with more EGC cases showed a lower prevalence of recurrence (P=0.531, P=0.0026). Liver and blood-borne distant metastasis represented the predominant pattern of relapse, accounting for over half (54%). Local recurrence and peritoneal dissemination represented 20% and 18% of all recurrences, respectively. Clinicopathological studies have shown lymph node metastasis to be closely related to depth of invasion, size of lesion, histological type, presence of ulcer or ulcer scar, and vessel involvement. Information on these factors is the key to successful treatment of EGC. When sufficient information has been assessed preoperatively, surgeons can select patients for whom less-invasive surgery should not increase the risk of recurrence.

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Yuasa, N., Nimura, Y. Survival after surgical treatment of early gastric cancer, surgical techniques, and long-term survival. Langenbecks Arch Surg 390, 286–293 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-004-0482-y

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