Oncological impact of unexpected horizontal tumor spread in gastric cancer that requires total gastrectomy.

Yasufumi KoterazawaManabu OhashiMasaru HayamiRie MakuuchiSatoshi IdaKoshi KumagaiTakeshi SanoSouya Nunobe

Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2023)

ΔPM > 8 mm is related to several clinicopathological characteristics and is an independent risk factor for poorer survival and peritoneal metastasis but not local recurrence. ΔPM > 8 mm combined with circumferential involvement or esophageal invasion is associated with relatively poor survival outcomes.

Keyphrases

particulate matter
air pollution
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
free survival
heavy metals
water soluble
cell migration
rectal cancer
prostate cancer
minimally invasive