Objective To analyze the clinicopathologic characteristics of remnant gastric cancer (RGC).
Methods The clinical data of 114 patients with RGC treated in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Northern Sichuan Medical
College and The General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army from March 2000 to May 2008 were reviewed and analyzed retrospectively. The clinicopathologic characteristics between the patients with primary benign diseases and those with malignant diseases were evaluated.
Results A total of 114 cases,the age was (62.6±11.3) years,and the males versus females was 4.7∶1.0. Most patients (76.2%,64/84) were diagnosed at advanced stages (consistent with pT),and the proportion of pT1 stage cases was only 23.8% (20/84),tumor invasion pT4 was 60.7% (51/84). It was more common that tumor directly invaded adjacent organs or structures (27.4%,23/84),lymph nodes positive (42.9%,36/84),and distant metastasis (27.2%,31/114). The location of distant metastasis was usually confined in the abdominal cavity (93.5%,29/31),and the peritoneum disseminated was the most commonly structures (67.7%,21/31). Histologically,the incidence of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (76.7%,79/103) was the mostly histologic grade as well as the diffuse type (78.6%,81/103) was the mostly Laurén classification. Between the patients with primary benign diseases and those with initial malignant disease,the initial gastrectomy or the methods of reconstruction had significantly differences (both P=0.000). The median time from initial resection to development of RGC was 30.0 years in the patients with original benign disease,contrary to 3.3 years in those with previous malignant disease (P=0.000). Both primary diseases (benign or malignant) and the age at initial gastrectomy were the major influencing factors for the time of RGC developed (P<0.05). For pathohistology characters,except signet-ring cell carcinoma (P=0.045), pT4b (P=0.049),pN stage (P=0.025),and Borrmann classification (P=0.005),there were no significant differences between the patients with previous benign diseases and those with original malignant disease,as well as the resectability rate,curative resection (R0) rate,and overall survival rate (P>0.05).
Conclusions It is almost unaffected by originalbenign diseases or malignant diseases for clinicopathologic characteristics including the treatment option and prognostic factors.It is necessary and feasibility to form a pattern of endoscopic follow-up for RGC.
Citation: XIAO Shiming,CHEN Lin,PENG Zheng,JIANG Huaiwu,PENG Fangxing,CHEN Jin,WU Chen,LIU Jun,LUO Liang. Analyses of Clinicopathologic Characteristics for Remnant Gastric Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2012, 19(11): 1191-1199. doi: Copy