Risk factor analysis for involvement of resection margins in gastric and esophagogastric junction cancer: an Italian multicenter study.
Massimiliano BissolatiMatteo DesioFausto RosaStefano RauseiDaniele MarrelliGian Luca BaiocchiGiovanni De ManzoniDamiano ChiariGiovanni GuarneriFabio PacelliLorenzo De FrancoSarah MolfinoChiara CipollariElena OrsenigoPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2016)
Survival after gastrectomy is negatively affected by positive RMs. IFS analysis should be routinely used in patients with a high risk of positive RMs, especially in diffuse pattern cancers.