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http://dx.doi.org/10.5230/jgc.2012.12.3.164

Tumor Size as a Prognostic Factor in Gastric Cancer Patient  

Im, Won Jin (Department of Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
Kim, Min Gyu (Department of Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
Ha, Tae Kyung (Department of Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
Kwon, Sung Joon (Department of Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Gastric Cancer / v.12, no.3, 2012 , pp. 164-172 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the prognostic significance of tumor size for 5-year survival rate in patients with gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: A total of 1,697 patients with gastric cancer, who underwent potentially curative gastrectomy, were evaluated. Patients were divided into 4 groups as follows, according to the median size of early and advanced gastric cancer, respectively: small early gastric cancer (tumor size ${\leq}3$ cm), large early gastric cancer (tumor size >3 cm), small advanced gastric cancer (tumor size ${\leq}$ 6 cm), and large advanced gastric cancer (tumor size >6 cm). The prognostic value of tumor size for 5-year survival rate was investigated. Results: In a univariate analysis, tumor size is a significant prognostic factor in advanced gastric cancer, but not in early gastric cancer. Multivariate analysis showed that tumor size is an independent prognostic factor for 5-year survival rate in advanced gastric cancer (P=0.003, hazard ratio=1.372, 95% confidence interval=1.115~1.690). When advanced gastric cancer is subdivided into 2 groups, according to serosa invasion: Group 1; serosa negative (T2 and T3, 7th AJCC), and Group 2; serosa positive (T4a and T4b, 7th AJCC), tumor size is an independent prognostic factor in Group 1 (P=0.011, hazard ratio=1.810, 95% confidence interval=1.149~2.852) and in Group 2 (P=0.033, hazard ratio=1.288, 95% confidence interval=1.020~1.627), respectively. Conclusions: Tumor size is an independent prognostic factor in advanced gastric cancer irrespective of the serosa invasion, but not in early gastric cancer.
Keywords
Gastric cancer; Tumor size; Prognosis;
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