Impact of preoperative chemotherapy as initial treatment for advanced gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis limited to positive peritoneal lavage cytology (CY1) or localized peritoneal metastasis (P1a): a multi-institutional retrospective study.
Toshifumi YamaguchiAtsuo TakashimaKengo NagashimaMasanori TerashimaMasaki AizawaManabu OhashiRyo TanakaTatsuya YamadaTakahiro KinoshitaHisayuki MatsushitaKoshiro IshiyamaKei HosodaYasuhiro YuasaShusuke HarutaNaoki KakiharaKazuhiro NishikawaGen YunomeTaroh SatohTakeo FukagawaHitoshi KataiNarikazu BokuPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2020)
Although, the preoperative chemotherapy did not show a survival benefit for GC patients with CY1 and/or P1a, initial-Cx showed favorable survival in patients who converted to P0 and CY0.