Diagnostic staging laparoscopy in gastric cancer treatment: A cost-effectiveness analysis.

Kevin LiJohn G D CannonSam Y JiangTanmaya D SambareDouglas K OwensEran BendavidGeorge A Poultsides

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2017)

The cost-effectiveness of DSL for GC patients is highly dependent on patient and test characteristics, and is more likely when DSL is used selectively where procedure yield is high, such as for locally advanced disease or in detecting peritoneal and superficial versus deep liver lesions.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
lymph node
prognostic factors
case report
patient reported outcomes
combination therapy
smoking cessation
patient reported
solid phase extraction