Post-therapy pathologic tumor volume predicts survival in gastric cancer patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy and gastrectomy

Post-therapy pathologic tumor volume predicts survival in gastric cancer patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy and gastrectomy

Abstract Background To demonstrate that post-therapy pathological tumor volume (ypTV) should be considered as an independent prognostic factor in advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and gastrectomy. Methods A total of 253 GC patients who received gastre...

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Main Authors: Xiaolong Tang, Qingsi He, Hui Qu, Guorui Sun, Jia Liu, Lei Gao, Jingbo Shi, Jianhong Ye, Yahang Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Tumor volume
Prognosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6012-7

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