Journal of Gastric Cancer

The Korean Gastric Cancer Association (대한위암학회)
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Prognostic Value of the Anatomic Region of Metastatic Lymph Nodes in the Current TNM Staging of Gastric Cancer

  • Jeong, Oh (Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Jung, Mi Ran (Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Kang, Ji Hoon (Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School)
  • Received : 2021.06.08
  • Accepted : 2021.07.26
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The numeric N stage has replaced the topographic N stage in the current tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging in gastric carcinoma. However, the usefulness of the topographic N stage in the current TNM staging system is uncertain. We aimed to investigate the prognostic value of the topographic N stage in the current TNM staging system. Materials and Methods: We reviewed the data of 3350 patients with gastric cancer who underwent curative gastrectomy. The anatomic regions of the metastatic lymph nodes (MLNs) were classified into 2 groups: perigastric and extra-perigastric. The prognostic value of the anatomic region was analyzed using a multivariate prognostic model with adjustments for the TNM stage. Results: In patients with lymph node metastasis, extra-perigastric metastasis demonstrated significantly worse survival than perigastric metastasis alone (5-year survival rate, 39.6% vs. 73.1%, respectively, P<0.001). Extra-perigastric metastasis demonstrated significantly worse survival within the same pN stage; the multivariate analysis indicated that extra-perigastric metastasis was an independent poor prognostic factor (hazard ratio=1.33; 95% confidence interval=1.01-1.75). The anatomic region of the MLNs improved the goodness-of-fit (likelihood ratio statistics, 4.57; P=0.033) of the prognostic model using the TNM stage. Conclusions: The anatomic region of MLNs has an independent prognostic value in the numeric N stage in the current TNM staging of gastric carcinoma.

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