Gastric cancer represents a serious health problem on a global scale. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Novel therapeutic targets are desperately needed because the meager improvement i...Gastric cancer represents a serious health problem on a global scale. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Novel therapeutic targets are desperately needed because the meager improvement in the cure rate of about 10% realized by adjunctive treatments to surgery is unacceptable as > 50% patients with localized gastric cancer succumb to their disease. Either postoperative chemoradiotherapy (United States), pre-and post-operative chemotherapy (Europe), and adjuvant chemotherapy after a D2 resection (Asia) can all be regarded as standards of care in the localized gastric cancer management. In metastatic disease the addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy is standard of care in Her2 positive disease. In the HER2 negative population, the treatments remain limited. In the first line setting, the standard of care is a combination of fluoropyrimidine and platinum containing chemotherapy, with or without epirubicin or docetaxel. The results of targeted therapy trials have by and large been disappointing, but none of these trials looked at an appropriately enriched population. Finally there is a meager overall survival benefit in treating patients with metastatic disease in the second line setting, with either irinotecan, docetaxel or ramucirumab however none of these drugs have been compared head to head in a well-powered randomized controlled trial.展开更多
Surgical management of gastric cancer improves survival.However,for some time,surgeons have had diverse opinions about the extent of gastrectomy.Researchers have conducted many clinical studies,making slow but steady ...Surgical management of gastric cancer improves survival.However,for some time,surgeons have had diverse opinions about the extent of gastrectomy.Researchers have conducted many clinical studies,making slow but steady progress in determining the optimal surgical approach.The extent of lymph node dissection has been one of the major issues in surgery for gastric cancer.Many trials demonstrated that D2 dissection resulted in greater morbidity and mortality than D1 dissection.However,long-term outcomes demonstrated that D2 dissection resulted in longer survival than D1 dissection.In 2004,the Japan Clinical Oncology Group reported a pivotal trial which was performed to determine whether para-aortic lymph node dissection combined with D2 dissection was superior to D2 dissection alone and found no benefit of the additional surgery.Gastrectomy with pancreatectomy,splenectomy,and bursectomy was initially recommended as part of the D2 dissection.Now,pancreas-preserving total gastrectomy with D2 dissection is standard,and ongoing trials are addressing the role of splenectomy.Furthermore,the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy are well established.Survival and quality of life are increasingly recognized as the most important endpoints.In this review,we present perspectives on surgical techniques and important trials of these techniques in gastric cancer patients.展开更多
文摘Gastric cancer represents a serious health problem on a global scale. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Novel therapeutic targets are desperately needed because the meager improvement in the cure rate of about 10% realized by adjunctive treatments to surgery is unacceptable as > 50% patients with localized gastric cancer succumb to their disease. Either postoperative chemoradiotherapy (United States), pre-and post-operative chemotherapy (Europe), and adjuvant chemotherapy after a D2 resection (Asia) can all be regarded as standards of care in the localized gastric cancer management. In metastatic disease the addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy is standard of care in Her2 positive disease. In the HER2 negative population, the treatments remain limited. In the first line setting, the standard of care is a combination of fluoropyrimidine and platinum containing chemotherapy, with or without epirubicin or docetaxel. The results of targeted therapy trials have by and large been disappointing, but none of these trials looked at an appropriately enriched population. Finally there is a meager overall survival benefit in treating patients with metastatic disease in the second line setting, with either irinotecan, docetaxel or ramucirumab however none of these drugs have been compared head to head in a well-powered randomized controlled trial.
基金supported by multidisciplinary grants from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centersupported in part by the National Cancer Institute,National Institutes of Health(No.CAl 38671, CAl72741,and CAl50334 to JAA)the Biostatistics Resource Group(No. P30CA016672)
文摘Surgical management of gastric cancer improves survival.However,for some time,surgeons have had diverse opinions about the extent of gastrectomy.Researchers have conducted many clinical studies,making slow but steady progress in determining the optimal surgical approach.The extent of lymph node dissection has been one of the major issues in surgery for gastric cancer.Many trials demonstrated that D2 dissection resulted in greater morbidity and mortality than D1 dissection.However,long-term outcomes demonstrated that D2 dissection resulted in longer survival than D1 dissection.In 2004,the Japan Clinical Oncology Group reported a pivotal trial which was performed to determine whether para-aortic lymph node dissection combined with D2 dissection was superior to D2 dissection alone and found no benefit of the additional surgery.Gastrectomy with pancreatectomy,splenectomy,and bursectomy was initially recommended as part of the D2 dissection.Now,pancreas-preserving total gastrectomy with D2 dissection is standard,and ongoing trials are addressing the role of splenectomy.Furthermore,the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy are well established.Survival and quality of life are increasingly recognized as the most important endpoints.In this review,we present perspectives on surgical techniques and important trials of these techniques in gastric cancer patients.
