Utilization of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Its Association with Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer.

Rhami KhorfanCary Jo R SchlickAnthony D YangDavid D OdellDavid J BentremRyan P Merkow

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)

Utilization of MIS for locally advanced gastric cancer approximately doubled during the study period. Compared to open surgery patients, MIS patients were more likely to receive postoperative chemotherapy. The increased utilization of postoperative chemotherapy may explain the associated survival advantage observed with MIS.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
minimally invasive
patients undergoing
peritoneal dialysis
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node
patient reported