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Mismatch repair deficiency, chemotherapy and survival for resectable gastric cancer: an observational study from the German staR cohort and a meta-analysis.

T StolzeS FrankeJ HaybaeckM MoehlerP P GrimmingerH LangW RothI GockelN KreuserH BläkerC WittekindF LordickM ViethL VeitsO WaidmannP LingohrU PeitzC SchildbergM KruschewskiN VassosE GoniC J BrunsK RidwelskiS WolffH LippertJ SchumacherP MalfertheinerMarino Venerito
Published in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2022)
Our data support a positive prognostic effect for MMRd in GC patients treated with surgery only and a differentially negative prognostic effect in patients treated with perioperative chemotherapy. MMR status determined by preoperative biopsies may be used as a predictive biomarker to select patients for perioperative chemotherapy in curatively resectable GC.
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