Safety of prolonged wait time for gastrectomy in clinical stage I gastric cancer

Safety of prolonged wait time for gastrectomy in clinical stage I gastric cancer

Patients with stage I gastric cancer tend to wait for surgery. Although the cancer may progress during such a delay, effects of wait time for surgery on survival remain inconsistent. Here, we evaluated the safety of surgical wait time on survival of patients with clinical stage I gastric cancer. The...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of surgical oncology 2019-10, Vol.45 (10), p.1964-1968
Hauptverfasser: Fujiya, Keiichi, Irino, Tomoyuki, Furukawa, Kenichiro, Omori, Hayato, Makuuchi, Rie, Tanizawa, Yutaka, Bando, Etsuro, Terashima, Masanori
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Sprache:eng
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Comorbidity
Elderly
Endoscopy
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with stage I gastric cancer tend to wait for surgery. Although the cancer may progress during such a delay, effects of wait time for surgery on survival remain inconsistent. Here, we evaluated the safety of surgical wait time on survival of patients with clinical stage I gastric cancer. The outcomes of 556 patients who underwent gastrectomy for clinical stage I gastric cancer between January 2007 and December 2011 were retrospectively evaluated. Patients were stratified into three groups based on wait time: short- (
ISSN:0748-7983
1532-2157
DOI:10.1016/j.ejso.2019.06.006