Long-term Results of Conversion Therapy for Initially Unresectable Gastric Cancer: Analysis of 122 Patients at the National Cancer Center in China.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: To assess the long-term survival and prognostic factors of conversion therapy in patients with initially unresectable gastric cancer. Patients and methods: We conducted a retrospective study of clinicopathological and survival data of 122 consecutive patients who were diagnosed with initially unresectable gastric cancer and underwent the conversion surgery after systemic chemotherapy at the China National Cancer Center between May 2006 and May 2017. Results: For all the 122 patients, the 3- and 5-year overall survival (OS) rates from the date of chemotherapy initiation were 61.0% and 52.0%, respectively, with a median OS of 63.6 months. During follow-up, the recurrence was observed in 49 (40.1%) patients who underwent conversion surgery. According to the multivariate COX regressio

SUBMITTER: Wang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6856572 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature