Is Prophylactic Splenectomy Necessary for Proximal Advanced Gastric Cancer Invading the Greater Curvature with Clinically Negative Splenic Hilar Lymph Node Metastasis? A Multi-Institutional Cohort Study (YCOG2003).

Sho SatoChikara KunisakiHiroki KondoNobuhiro TsuchiyaYusaku TanakaMasazumi TakahashiKei SatoJun KimuraHidetaka A OnoHirochika MakinoYuko TamuraKohei KasaharaTakashi KosakaHirotoshi AkiyamaItaru Endo

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2022)

Prophylactic splenectomy showed more frequent postoperative morbidities and a longer hospital stay than spleen preservation, without any long-term survival benefits.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
papillary thyroid
patients undergoing
healthcare
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
adverse drug
radiation therapy
rectal cancer