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Prognostic significance of preoperative CT findings in patients with advanced gastric cancer who underwent curative gastrectomy

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  • Chae Jung Park
  • Nieun Seo
  • Woo Jin Hyung
  • Woong Sub Koom
  • Hyo Song Kim
  • Myeong-Jin Kim
  • Joon Seok Lim

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Background: Preoperative therapy has gained wide interest in advanced gastric cancer patients due to its potential advantages of improved disease control. Selection of high risk patients based on preoperative staging is crucial to choose the candidates for neoadjuvant therapy. Methods: Our institutional review board approved this retrospective study and waived the requirement for patient consent. We searched 394 advanced gastric cancer patients (pT2-4) who underwent curative resection in 2010 without neoadjuvant therapies. Two abdominal radiologists independently reviewed the preoperative CT including tumor depth on CT (CT-tumor depth), which was categorized as follows: intramural, minimal extramural(

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  • Chae Jung Park & Nieun Seo & Woo Jin Hyung & Woong Sub Koom & Hyo Song Kim & Myeong-Jin Kim & Joon Seok Lim, 2018. "Prognostic significance of preoperative CT findings in patients with advanced gastric cancer who underwent curative gastrectomy," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(8), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0202207
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202207
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