Shutaro Sumiyoshi, Takuma Ohashi, Takeshi Kubota, Keiji Nishibeppu, Kaho Owada, Jun Kiuchi, Hiroki Shimizu, Tomohiro Arita, Daisuke Iitaka, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hirotaka Konishi, Ryo Morimura, Kenji Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kuriu, Atsushi Shiozaki, Hisashi Ikoma, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Nobuki Yamaoka, Eigo Otsuji
BACKGROUND: Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is a poor prognostic factor in various malignancies. However, its prognostic effect in remnant gastric cancer (RGC) remains unclear. We examined the correlation between LVI and disease prognosis in patients with T1N0-3 or T2-3N0 RGC in whom adjuvant chemotherapy was not indicated and a treatment strategy was not established. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed patients with T1N0-3 and T2-3N0 RGC who underwent curative surgery at the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine between 1997 and 2019 and at the Kyoto Chubu Medical Center between 2009 and 2019...
April 5, 2024: World Journal of Surgical Oncology