Prognostic Factors and Recurrence Patterns in T4 Gastric Cancer Patients after Curative Resection

Conclusions: For T4 gastric cancer patients after curative resection, older age, gastric cancer of the entire stomach and more intraoperative blood loss were associated with poor OS. The recurrence rate after curative resection for T4 was high, and the most common recurrence pattern was peritoneal metastasis.

Source: Journal of Cancer - June 13, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bao-Yan Zhu, Shu-Qiang Yuan, Run-Cong Nie, Shu-Man Li, Li-Rong Yang, Jin-Ling Duan, Ying-Bo Chen, Xiao-Shi Zhang Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research