Preoperative CA19-9 is a prognostic factor in pT3N0 gastric cancer patients undergoing curative resection.

Tsunehiko MaruyamaYoshimasa AkashiHiroyuki HakodaAkihiro SakoKazumitsu UedaShuji KatoKazuaki AzumaYoshiki KanekoAyaka IkeguchiShiho NagaiTatsuya Oda

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2022)

The preoperative high CA19-9 value is considered a useful prognostic marker for predicting cancer recurrence after curative surgery in pT3N0 GC patients. For those patients, adjuvant chemotherapy might be considered to improve the survival outcome.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
minimally invasive
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
mass spectrometry
free survival