LATG is associated with less severe complications and better postoperative quality of life than OTG. We believe that LATG is a safe, useful, and less invasive alternative for the treatment of gastric cancer located in the upper or middle third of the stomach.
LADG was associated with less wound pain during long-term follow-up after surgery, whereas symptoms related to overeating were common. Based on our findings and the patients' reported satisfaction, we recommend LADG for cT1 gastric cancer as an effective procedure with excellent long-term survival.
We herein report our experience in performing a laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy involving standard lymph node dissection for a patient with early gastric cancer and situs inversus. A superficial elevated lesion was found on the posterior wall of the antrum. The preoperative diagnosis was cStage IA (cT1, cN0, cH0, cP0, cM0). A laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with standard lymph node dissection (D1 + beta) for early gastric cancer was successfully performed by shifting the monitor to the right and left, and by applying sufficient care and time. The course of blood vessels was not abnormal except for the right/left inversion. Billroth I reconstruction was performed through a delta-shaped anastomosis. The postoperative course was favorable and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 12. Based on a histopathological examination, a 5.0 x 5.0-cm, mucosal, poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (pT1, pN0, sH0, sP0, sM0, Stage IA) was diagnosed.
Background Little is known about risk factors for recurrence in stage IB gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis. The aims of this study were to determine prognostic factors associated with long-term survival and to clarify patterns of recurrence. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 130 patients with primary gastric cancer who underwent gastrectomy at Kitasato University East Hospital from 2001 through 2010 and analyzed clinicopathological characteristics associated with survival and patterns of recurrence. Results Of the 130 patients, 12 (9.2 %) had recurrence, among whom 10 (83 %) patients died. Four patients (3.1 %) died of other diseases. The 5-year overall survival rate was 89 %. Of the 12 patients with recurrence, 7 (58 %) had liver metastasis, 3 (25 %) had distant lymph-node metastasis, 2 (17 %) had peritoneal dissemination, and 1 (8.3 %) had locoregional recurrence. Patients with tumors more than 5 cm in diameter tended to have recurrence within 1 year. Patients who had recurrence more than 2 years after surgery tended to survive for longer than 5 years after recurrence. Moderate or marked venous invasion (v2 or v3) and age [65 years were significantly associated with relapse-free and overall survival on univariate analysis. On multivariate analysis, the only independent prognostic factor for relapse-free and overall survival was venous invasion. Conclusions Moderate or marked venous invasion (v2 or v3) is an independent predictor of relapse-free and overall survival in stage IB node-negative gastric cancer. Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, currently not given to this subgroup of patients, may improve the outcomes of patients with stage IB node-negative gastric cancer, particularly when accompanied by venous invasion.
Background
There have been few available prognostic biomarkers in gastric cancer. We rigorously assessed the clinical relevance of promoter DNA methylation of
Cysteine dioxygenase type 1
(
CDO1
) gene, a cancer-specific aberration, in human gastric cancer.
Methods
Quantitative
CDO1
methylation value (TaqMeth V) was initially calculated in 138 gastric cancer patients operated in 2005, and its clinical significance was elucidated. As a subsequent expanded set, 154 gastric cancer patients with pathological stage (pStage) II / III with no postoperative therapy were validated between 2000 and 2010.
Results
(1) Median TaqMeth V of
CDO1
gene methylation of gastric cancer was 25.6, ranging from 0 to 120.9. As pStage progressed,
CDO1
TaqMeth V became higher (p < 0.0001). (2) The optimal cut-off value was determined to be 32.6; gastric cancer patients with high
CDO1
gene methylation showed a significantly worse prognosis than those with low
CDO1
gene methylation (p < 0.0001). (3) A multivariate cox proportional hazards model identified high
CDO1
gene methylation (p = 0.033) as an independent prognostic factor. (4) The results were recapitulated in the expanded set in pStage III, where high
CDO1
gene methylation group had a significantly worse prognosis than low
CDO1
gene methylation group (p = 0.0065). Hematogenous metastasis was unique in pStage III with high
CDO1
gene methylation (p = 0.0075). (5) Anchorage independent growth was reduced in several gastric cancer cell lines due to forced expression of the
CDO1
gene, suggesting that abnormal
CDO1
gene expression may represent distant metastatic ability.
Conclusions
Promoter DNA hypermethylation of
CDO1
gene was rigorously validated as an important prognostic biomarker in primary gastric cancer with specific stage.
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