Concurrent lymphovascular and perineural invasion after preoperative therapy for gastric adenocarcinoma is associated with decreased survival.

Alisa N BlumenthalerTimothy E NewhookNaruhiko IkomaJeannelyn S EstrellaMariela Blum MurphyPrajnan DasBruce D MinskyJaffer A AjaniPaul F MansfieldBrian D Badgwell

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)

Gastric cancer patients with concurrent LVI and PNI after preoperative therapy have more advanced disease and worse survival outcomes than patients with neither or only one of these factors.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
patients undergoing
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
radiation therapy
lymph node metastasis
endometrial cancer
free survival