Prognostic factors in stage IB gastric cancer

AIM:To identify the subset of patients with stage IB gastric cancer with an unfavorable prognosis.METHODS:Overall survival(OS)rates were examined in 103 patients with stage IB(T1N1M0 and T2N0M0)gastric cancer between January 2000 and December2011.Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify risk factors using a Cox proportional hazards model.RESULTS:The OS rates of patients with T1N1 and T2N0 cancer were 89.2%and 94.1%at 5-years,re-spectively.Both univariate and multivariate analyses demonstrated that tumor location was the only significant prognostic factor.The OS rate was 81.8%at5-years when the tumor was located in the upper third of the stomach and was 95.5%at 5-years when the tumor was located in the middle or lower third of the stomach(P=0.0093).CONCLUSION:These data may suggest that tumor location is associated with survival in patients with stage IB gastric cancer.

新辅助化疗后行腹腔镜辅助胃切除术治疗晚期胃癌

目前治疗晚期胃癌的方法为开腹胃切除及D2淋巴结清扫并在术后行S-1或卡倍他滨加奥沙利铂辅助化疗。然而III期胃癌患者的预后并不理想。为了提高生存率,需要加大化疗药物的剂量。鉴于患者接受二联或三联化疗的顺应性差,新辅助化疗将是一个充满前景的方法。目前在东亚国家,正进行多项III期临床试验用于评估新辅助化疗效果。另一方面,手术治疗方法已倾向于行腹腔镜手术。在日本和韩国已经进行了多项III期临床试验评估腹腔镜辅助远端胃切除(LADG)在早期和晚期患者中的疗效。因此,未来标准治疗肿瘤位于中、下1/3晚期胃癌的候选方案由综合治疗组成,包括新辅助化疗及随后的LADG。只要新辅助化疗是按标准实施,随后的腹腔镜胃切除术的可行性、安全性及长期生存率是有保障的。在这个背景下,我们实施了一项随机II期临床试验比较新辅助化疗后LADG和开腹远端胃切除术(ODG)治疗胃癌的疗效。