Does neoadjuvant chemotherapy cancel out the negative survival impact induced by surgical complications after gastrectomy?

Masato HayashiTakaki YoshikawaMasahiro YuraSho OtsukiYukinori YamagataShinji MoritaHitoshi KataiToshirou Nishida

Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2019)

NAC may cancel out the negative impact of morbidity on the survival in advanced gastric cancer patients. The prophylactic effects by NAC do not depend on the tumor type or histological response.

Keyphrases

neoadjuvant chemotherapy
transcription factor
locally advanced
lymph node
sentinel lymph node
free survival
genome wide analysis
early stage