Impact of positive microscopic resection margins (R1) after gastrectomy in diffuse-type gastric cancer.
Sergio Gaspar FigueiredoPierre AllemannAlexander Berend-Jan BorgsteinGaëtan-Romain JoliatValentine Luzuy-GuarneroChristophe BrunelChristine SempouxSuzanne Sarah GisbertzNicolas DemartinesMark Ivo van Berge HenegouwenMarkus SchäferStyliani MantziariPublished in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2023)
DTGC patients with microscopically positive margins (R1) presented poorer OS and DFS, and early tumour recurrence in the present series. R0 resection should be obtained whenever possible, even if other adverse biological features are present.
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