Impact of diabetes mellitus on long-term prognosis after gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer: a propensity score matching analysis.

Ryota MatsuiNoriyuki InakiToshikatsu Tsuji

Published in: Surgery today (2022)

DM in patients with advanced gastric cancer is associated with poor OS. A low skeletal muscle mass in patients with DM is a particularly poor prognostic factor for OS after surgery for gastric cancer.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
glycemic control
type diabetes
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node
radiation therapy
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle