Proximal gastrectomy (PG) and total gastrectomy (TG) for upper-third advanced gastric cancer (AGC) and Siewert type II esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancers yield similar overall survival rates (61.7% vs. 68.3%) and recurrence-free survival rates (86.7% vs. 83.3%). PG group had eight recurrences, but operation method was not identified as a prognostic factor of tumor recurrence in multivariate analysis. Results suggest long-term oncologic outcomes for patients undergoing PG are comparable to TG for upper-third AGC and EGJ cancer.
Journal Article by Lee S, Chae YS (…) Yang HK et 9 al. in Ann Surg Oncol
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