Abstract
Objective
To evaluate the treatment effects of total gastrectomy (TG) and proximal gastrectomy (PG) for cancer of the cardia and esophagogastric junction.
Methods
forty-five patients with cancer of the cardia and esophagogastric junction underwent surgical resection. Of them, 29 were treated using proximal gastrectomy and 16 total gastrectomy. The 3-year and 5-year survival rate and the postoperative complication rate and mortality rate were followed up and compared between the two groups
Results
The 3-year and 5-year survival rates of group PG were 44.8% and 20.7%, of group TG were 37.5% and 18.8%, respectively, and the differences were not statistically significant (χ2 = 3.84, P > 0.05; χ2 = 3.89, P > 0.05). The postoperative complication and mortality rate of group PG were 13.7% and 6.8%, of group TG was all 6%, respectively.
Conclusion
Proximal and total gastrectomy treatment effects can not significantly influence the prognosis of patients in progressive stage of cancer of cardia and esophagogastric junction.
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Supported by Shanghai Baoshan Science and Technology developing funds (No: 03-A-34).
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Zhou, Y., Pan, J., Sheng, Y. et al. Surgical treatment effects in cancer of the cardia and esophagogastric junction. Chinese German J Clin Oncol 6, P220–P221 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-006-0040-x
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-006-0040-x