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A matched cohort study of the failure pattern after laparoscopic and open gastrectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer: does the operative approach matter?

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-021-08337-w

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Gastric cancer; Failure pattern; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Open gastrectomy

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  1. Joint Funds for the innovation of science and technology, Fujian Province [2017Y9011, 2017Y9004, 2018Y9041]
  2. second batch of special support funds for Fujian Province innovation and entrepreneurship talents [2016B013]
  3. Construction Project of Fujian Province Minimally Invasive Medical Center [[2017]171]
  4. Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2019J01155]
  5. Fujian provincial science and technology innovation joint fund project plan [2018Y9005]
  6. Fujian provincial health technology project [2019-ZQN-37]

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This study aimed to compare the failure patterns after laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) and open gastrectomy (OG) in locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC) patients. Results showed a lower early distant recurrence rate in the LG group and a higher distant recurrence risk in the OG group within the first 2 years in stage IIa-IIIb patients.
Background Due to lacking evidence for confirming the efficacy of performing laparoscopic surgery for locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC). Therefore, this study aimed to compare the static and dynamic failure patterns after laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) and open gastrectomy (OG) in LAGC. Methods A total of 1792 LAGC patients who underwent radical resection between January 2010 and January 2017 were divided into the LG group (n = 1557) and the OG group (n = 235). Propensity score matching was performed to balance the two groups. Dynamic hazard rates of failure were calculated using the hazard function. Early and late failure were defined as failure occurring before and after 2 years since surgery, respectively. Results A total of 1175 patients with LAGC were included after matching (LG group, n = 940; OG, n = 235). The failure rate of the whole cohort was 43.2% (508/1175), accounting for 41.4% (389/940) and 50.6% (119/235) in the LG and OG groups, respectively. Although the two groups showed no significant differences in failure rate for any failure type, landmark analysis showed a lower early distant recurrence rate in the stage IIa-IIIb subgroup of the LG group (OG versus LG: 30.3% versus 21.1%, P = 0.004). The dynamic hazard rate peaked at 9.4 months (peak rate = 0.0186) before gradually declining. In stage IIa-IIIb patients, the hazard rate of the OG group remained significantly higher than that of the LG group within the first 2 years in terms of distant recurrence (peak rate: OG versus LG, 0.0091 versus 0.0055). Conclusion Given the differences in early failure between LG and OG, more intensive surveillance for distant recurrence within the first 2 years should be considered for patients with stage IIa-IIIb after OG.

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