The Effectiveness of Postoperative Chemotherapy on pT1bN0 and pT2N0 Gastric Cancer Patients with Risk Factors: An International Dual-Center Analysis.

Kun Yang Mo Xi Chen Youn Young Choi Zong-Guang Zhou Woo Jin Hyung Sung Hoon Noh Jian-Kun Hu

Published in: Yonsei medical journal (2021)

In pT1bN0 and pT2N0 patients, age was found to be an independent prognostic factor. However, adjuvant chemotherapy seemed to be unnecessary, while postoperative chemotherapy might offer survival benefits to pT2N0 patients with more than two risk factors.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
risk factors
patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
randomized controlled trial
ejection fraction
systematic review
locally advanced
peritoneal dialysis
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
patient reported outcomes