Clinicopathological Characteristics and Lymph Node Metastasis Rates in Early Gastric Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma: Implications for Endoscopic Resection.

Background/aims: Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is a rare subtype of gastric cancer. We aimed to identify the clinicopathological features and rate of lymph node metastasis (LNM) to investigate the feasibility of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric LELC confined to the mucosa or submucosa.

Methods: We compared the clinicopathological characteristics of 116 early gastric LELC patients and 5,753 early gastric well- or moderately differentiated (WD or MD) tubular adenocarcinoma patients treated by gastrectomy.

Identification of maximal tumor size associated with negligible lymph node metastasis for endoscopic submucosal dissection of undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer.

Background And Aims: When treating undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer (UD-EGC) that is limited to the mucosa (clinically T1a), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) can be considered if the tumor is 2 cm or less and is not ulcerated. However, there is insufficient evidence to determine the relationships between tumor size and oncological safety of ESD in UD-EGC.

Methods: The pathology reports of Korean patients who were diagnosed with UD-EGC (n = 5286) were retrospectively reviewed.

Effectiveness of a personalized digital exercise and nutrition-based rehab program for patients with gastric cancer after surgery: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Patients with gastric cancer often encounter impaired quality of life and reduced tolerability to adjuvant treatments after surgery. Weight preservation is crucial for the overall prognosis of these patients, and exercise and supplemental nutrition play the main role. This study is the first randomized clinical trial to apply personalized, treatment stage-adjusted digital intervention with wearable devices in gastric cancer rehabilitation intervention for 12 months, commencing immediately after surgery.

Meso-jejunal lymph node dissection has a survival benefit in patients with remnant gastric cancer.

Background: Clinical benefits of the meso-jejunal lymph node (MJLN) dissection in remnant gastric cancer (RGC) patients have not been fully established. Hence, in this retrospective study, we evaluated the survival benefit of MJLN dissection and prognostic significance of MJLN metastasis in RGC patients who underwent gastrojejunostomy reconstruction after their initial gastrectomy.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 391 patients who underwent surgery for RGC at our institution between 1996 and 2019.

Prognostic Significance of Esophagogastric Junction Invasion in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Cardia or Subcardia.

Background: There has been no comparison of the prognoses of Korean patients who underwent curative surgery for cancer located at the cardia or subcardia of the stomach. We performed this comparison and further investigated the prognostic significance of esophagogastric junction (EGJ) invasion in patients.

Methods: The medical records of patients ( = 511) who were diagnosed with cardia or subcardia cancer and underwent surgery between January 2010 and May 2019 were retrospectively reviewed.

Trends in vitamin D level and risk of vitamin D deficiency after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A retrospective study of a single high-volume center experience.

Background & Aims: Post-gastrectomy vitamin D deficiency can result in osteoporosis and fractures, which can decrease patient quality of life and increase their socioeconomic burden. However, because there is no consensus around preoperative measurement and regular postoperative monitoring of serum vitamin D [25(OH)vitD] level for gastric cancer patients, we performed a retrospective study with a single high-volume center experience.

Methods: We reviewed a database of 614 gastric cancer patients who underwent curative gastrectomy between December 2015 and December 2019.

Changes in working status after cancer diagnosis and socio-demographic, clinical, work-related, and psychological factors associated with it.

Background: While many studies investigated changes in working status in cancer survivors, most studies have been performed in survivors of breast cancer and few studies evaluated factors associated with changes in the working status of cancer survivors comprehensively. We aimed to evaluate the changes in the working status of cancer survivors after diagnosis and socio-demographic, clinical, work-related and psychological factors associated with it.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of adult patients with cancer who were working at the time of diagnosis.

Feasibility of Gastric Tumor Xenograft (GTX)-derived Cell Lines for Individualized Anti-cancer Drug Screening.

Background/aim: Because there are ongoing efforts to identify and develop novel drugs in the treatment of refractory gastric cancer, it is necessary to develop effective preclinical studies. Here, the preclinical efficacy of gastric tumor xenograft (GTX)-derived cell line models for the personalized treatment of gastric cancer was investigated.

Materials And Methods: Anti-cancer drugs were scanned with high-throughput screening (HTS) using pre-established GTX-derived cell lines.

Early experience of laparoscopic resection and comparison with open surgery for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a multicenter retrospective study.

The advantages of laparoscopic resection over open surgery in the treatment of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) are not conclusive. This study aimed to evaluate the postoperative and oncologic outcome of laparoscopic resection for gastric GIST, compared to open surgery. We retrospectively reviewed the prospectively collected database of 1019 patients with gastric GIST after surgical resection at 13 Korean and 2 Japanese institutions.

Prognostic significance of splenectomy during completion total gastrectomy in patients with remnant gastric cancer: propensity score matching analysis.

Purpose: Splenectomy for patients with remnant gastric cancer has been controversial. The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of splenectomy in the treatment of remnant gastric cancer.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 285 patients with remnant gastric cancer who underwent completion total gastrectomy with or without splenectomy in Samsung Medical Center, between September 1996 and December 2017.

Single patient classifier as a prognostic biomarker in pT1N1 gastric cancer: Results from two large Korean cohorts.

Objective: Benefits of adjuvant treatment in pT1N1 gastric cancer (GC) remain controversial. Additionally, an effective biomarker for early GC is the need of the hour. The prognostic and predictive roles of single patient classifier (SPC) were validated in stage II/III GC.

Prognostic Value of Highly Expressed Type VII Collagen (COL7A1) in Patients With Gastric Cancer.

Collagen is a major component in the tumor microenvironment. This study reveals a novel biomarker candidate, type VII collagen (COL7A1), in patients with gastric cancer. To identify genes differentially expressed in gastric cancer tissue, we analyzed cancerous ( = 20) and noncancerous tissues ( = 13) using a DNA microarray.

Comparison of transabdominal and transthoracic surgical approaches in the treatment of Siewert type II esophagogastric junction cancers: A propensity score-matching analysis.

Background: The appropriate surgical approach for Siewert type II esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancer remains under discussion. We compared surgical outcomes between transabdominal (TA) and transthoracic (TT) approaches for treating type II EGJ cancers.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study reviewed 397 type II EGJ cancer patients who underwent surgery from January 2001 to May 2019.

Microsatellite Instability and Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment in pT1N1 Gastric Cancer: A Multicohort Study.

Background: Microsatellite status is a prognostic biomarker in advanced gastric cancer. This retrospective study aimed to investigate the usefulness of microsatellite status in predicting prognosis and response to adjuvant treatment in pT1N1 gastric cancer.

Patients And Methods: Among 875 patients who underwent radical gastrectomy for pT1N1 gastric cancer at two tertiary hospitals, 838 with available microsatellite instability (MSI) data were included and classified into two groups according to microsatellite status: microsatellite stable (MSS) and MSI-high (MSI-H).

Long-term effect of simplified dietary education on the nutritional status of patients after a gastrectomy.

Dietary education is regarded as an important and useful tool for influencing nutritional status. Since long, dietary education has been performed to improve the nutritional status of patients after a gastrectomy. This study aimed to investigate the effect of simplified dietary education on the nutritional status of patients after a gastrectomy.

A preoperative risk prediction model for high malignancy potential gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach.

Background: Gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) exhibit various degrees of aggression and malignant potential. However, no systematic preoperative evaluation strategy to predict the malignancy potential of gastric GISTs has yet been developed. This study aimed to develop a reliable and easy-to-use preoperative risk-scoring model for predicting high malignancy potential (HMP) gastric GISTs.

Long-Term Oncological Outcomes of Reduced Three-Port Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Early-Stage Gastric Carcinoma: a Retrospective Large-Scale Multi-Institutional Study.

Purpose: With advances in surgical techniques, reduced-port laparoscopic surgery is increasingly being performed for the treatment of gastric carcinoma. Many studies have reported satisfactory short-term outcomes after reduced 3-port laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG). The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term oncological outcomes of 3-port LG in patients with gastric carcinoma.

Association between cancer stigma and job loss among cancer survivors.

Objective: Previous qualitative studies found cancer stigma was associated with work discrimination and job loss among cancer patients. This study aims to quantify the association between cancer stigma and job loss among cancer survivors.

Methods: For this study, we used the data from a face-to-face cross sectional survey conducted at two cancer hospitals in Seoul and Hwasun in South Korea from October 2017 to March 2018.

Compliance with D2 lymph node dissection in reduced-port totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer.

This phase II clinical trial was performed to determine whether reduced-port laparoscopic surgery with complete D2 lymph node (LN) dissection for gastric cancer is a safe and feasible surgical technique. The prospectively enrolled 65 gastric cancer patients underwent reduced-port surgery (i.e.

Gastric Inverted Polyps-Distinctive Subepithelial Lesions of the Stomach: Clinicopathologic Analysis of 12 Cases With an Emphasis on Neoplastic Potential.

Gastric inverted polyps (GIPs) are rare gastric polyps characterized by a submucosal inverted growth of mucosal components. Because of their rarity, they are not well characterized and are diagnostically challenging. We examined 12 cases of GIPs arising in 8 male and 4 female patients (mean age: 56 y).