Recurrence after preoperative chemotherapy and surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma: a multicenter study.
I MokademWillemieke P M DijksterhuisM van PuttenL HeuthorstJ M de Vos-GeelenN Haj MohammadG A P NieuwenhuijzenH W M van LaarhovenR H A VerhoevenPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2019)
A considerable amount of gastric cancer patients who were treated with curative intent developed a recurrence despite surgery and perioperative treatment. The majority developed distant metastases, therefore, multimodality treatment approaches should be focused on the prevention of distant rather than locoregional recurrences to improve survival.