Introduction: Gastric cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide. The standard treatment is radical surgical resection, but 60% of patients will present recurrence. TNM classification (6th edition, American Joint Committee on Cancer) recommends the removal of at least 15 regional lymph nodes to carry out an adequate pathological staging. But in our environment, only 20% of cases have the minimum recommended, so it would be very important to have an alternative prognostic. We designed a retrospective study to evaluate different prognostic factors in patients inadequately staged.
Material And Methods: We focused on patients with serosal involvement (pT3). The evaluation included general parameters such as age, sex, tumor site, histological type, type of gastrectomy, histological grade, number of nodes analyzed ≥ 10, lymph node ratio (LNR) with a 20% cutoff value, and adjuvant treatment. The association between clinicopathological variables and recurrence was investigated by univariate and multivariate logistic regression. It was considered statistically significant with P < 0.05.
Results: A total of 92 patients who met the criteria were studied. Median age 65 years; 68% men, 32% women; median follow-up time for the overall population, 44 months (range 15-119 months); number of nodes analyzed, median 7 (range 0-14 nodes); recurrence in 59%; median time to recurrence, 15 months (range 3-48 months); the cumulative risk of relapse at five years, 64%. Multivariate statistical analysis showed that the LNR (P = 0.03) and total number of nodes analyzed ≥ 10 (P = 0.04) were independent predictors for the risk of recurrence.
Conclusion: LNR and total number of nodes analyzed with a threshold of 10 (≥ 10 nodes analyzed) were independent predictors of recurrence in patients with gastric carcinoma pT3 and an insufficient number of nodes examined.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108667 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/ceg.s11929 | DOI Listing |
Clin Rheumatol
January 2025
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) affects small and medium vessel, which sometimes leads to arterial aneurysms. In English database, only 15 reports refer to ruptured aneurysms in MPA. We experienced a fatal case with MPA who developed multiple visceral aneurysms, resulting in rupture of the hepatic aneurysm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cell Biochem
January 2025
Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs) are a newly recognized class of small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) that play significant roles in various diseases. The Wnt pathway plays a key role in various physiological processes such as embryonic development, tissue renewal and regeneration. In the regulation of Wnt/β-catenin, Forkhead box k1(FOXK1), Frizzled class receptor 3 (FZD3), and Wnt5b can be targeted and inhibited by three tRFs: tRF3008A targets FOXK1 to inhibit colorectal cancer (CRC), 5'-tiRNAVal targets FZD3 to inhibit breast cancer (BrC), and tRF-22-8BWS7K092 targets Wnt5b to induce ferroptosis in lung cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMol Oncol
January 2025
Department of Gastrointestinal Cancer Translational Research, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
Gastric cancer (GC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with gastrectomy being the primary treatment option. Sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response to infection, may influence tumor growth by creating an immunosuppressive environment conducive to cancer cell proliferation and metastasis. Here, the effect of abdominal infection on tumor growth and metastasis was investigated through the implementation of a peritoneal metastasis model and a subcutaneous tumor model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMol Carcinog
January 2025
Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Central Laboratory and Precision Medicine Center, Affiliated Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China.
Gastric cancer is a common digestive system tumor with a high resistance rate that reduces the sensitivity to chemotherapy. Nutrition therapy is an important adjuvant approach to favor the prognosis of gastric cancer. Dietary amino acids contribute greatly to gastric cancer progression by mediating tumor gene expressions, epigenetics, signal transduction, and metabolic remodeling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurr Med Chem
January 2025
Laboratory of Metabolism and Gastrointestinal Tumor, Shandong Provincial QianFoShan Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.
Introduction: Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most common cancer globally, and the relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cancer risk remains controversial.
Methods: We performed Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using publicly available GWAS data to assess the causal relationship between T2DM and GC, validated by heterogeneity and pleiotropy analyses. Transcriptomic data from TCGA and GEO were analyzed to identify common differentially expressed genes (DEGs).
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!