Prognostic impact of prophylactic splenectomy for upper-third gastric cancer: A cohort study

Anticancer Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 277-282

  Ito, Hiroaki ^a   Inoue, Haruhiro ^a   Odaka, Noriko ^a   Satodate, Hitoshi ^a   Mukai, Shumpei ^a   Omoto, Tomokatsu ^a   Takehara, Yusuke ^a   Kudo, Shin Ei ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84873046974     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Aoyagi K, Kouhuji K, Miyagi M, Imaizumi T, Kizaki J and Shirouzu K: Prognosis of metastatic splenic hilum lymph node in patients with gastric cancer after total gastrectomy and splenectomy. World journal of hepatology 2: 81-86, 2010.
2. Miwa H and Orita K: Splenectomy combined with gastrectomy and immunotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. Acta Medica Okayama 37: 251-258, 1983.
3. Monig SP, Collet PH, Baldus SE, Schmackpfeffer K, Schroder W, Thiele J, Dienes HP and Holscher AH: Splenectomy in proximal gastric cancer: Frequency of lymph node metastasis to the splenic hilus. J Surg Oncol 76: 89-92, 2001.
4. Sobin LH, Gospodarowicz MK and Wittekind C: TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors, 7th ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
5. Sasada S, Ninomiya M, Nishizaki M, Harano M, Ojima Y, Matsukawa H, Aoki H, Shiozaki S, Ohno S and Takakura N: Frequency of lymph node metastasis to the splenic hilus and effect of splenectomy in proximal gastric cancer. Anticancer Res 29: 3347-3351, 2009.
6. Nashimoto A, Yabusaki H and Matsuki A: The significance of splenectomy for advanced proximal gastric cancer. Int J Surg Oncol 2012: 301530, 2012.
7. Shin SH, Jung H, Choi SH, An JY, Choi MG, Noh JH, Sohn TS, Bae JM and Kim S: Clinical significance of splenic hilar lymph node metastasis in proximal gastric cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 16: 1304-1309, 2009.
8. Soga J, Kobayashi K, Saito J, Fujimaki M and Muto T: The role of lymphadenectomy in curative surgery for gastric cancer. World J Surg 3: 701-708, 1979.
9. Koga S, Kaibara N, Kimura O, Nishidoi H and Kishimoto H: Prognostic significance of combined splenectomy or pancreaticosplenectomy in total and proximal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Am J Surg 142: 546-550, 1981.
10. Okajima K and Isozaki H: Splenectomy for treatment of gastric cancer: Japanese experience. World J Surg 19: 537-540, 1995.
11. Suehiro S, Nagasue N, Ogawa Y, Sasaki Y, Hirose S and Yukaya H: The negative effect of splenectomy on the prognosis of gastric cancer. Am J Surg 148: 645-648, 1984.
12. Wanebo HJ, Kennedy BJ, Winchester DP, Stewart AK and Fremgen AM: Role of splenectomy in gastric cancer surgery: Adverse effect of elective splenectomy on longterm survival. J Am Coll Surg 185: 177-184, 1997.
13. Lee KY, Noh SH, Hyung WJ, Lee JH, Lah KH, Choi SH and Min JS: Impact of splenectomy for lymph node dissection on long-term surgical outcome in gastric cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 8: 402-406, 2001.
14. Zhu GL, Sun Z, Wang ZN, Xu YY, Huang BJ, Xu Y, Zhu Z and Xu HM: Splenic hilar lymph node metastasis independently predicts poor survival for patients with gastric cancers in the upper and/or the middle third of the stomach. J Surg Oncol 105: 786-792, 2012.
15. Yu W, Choi GS and Chung HY: Randomized clinical trial of splenectomy versus splenic preservation in patients with proximal gastric cancer. Br J Surg 93: 559-563, 2006.
16. Shaw JH and Print CG: Postsplenectomy sepsis. Br J Surg 76: 1074-1081, 1989.
17. Scher KS, Wroczynski AF and Jones CW: Protection from postsplenectomy sepsis: Effect of prophylactic penicillin and pneumococcal vaccine on clearance of type 3 Pneumococcus. Surgery 93: 792-797, 1983.
18. Japanese Gastric Cancer Association: Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma: 3rd English edition. Gastric Cancer 14: 101-112, 2011.
19. Takeuchi K, Tsuzuki Y, Ando T, Sekihara M, Hara T, Yoshikawa M, Ohno Y and Kuwano H: Total gastrectomy with distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy for advanced gastric cancer. J Surg Res 101: 196-201, 2001.
20. Kosuga T, Ichikawa D, Okamoto K, Komatsu S, Shiozaki A, Fujiwara H and Otsuji E: Survival benefits from splenic hilar lymph node dissection by splenectomy in gastric cancer patients: relative comparison of the benefits in subgroups of patients. Gastric Cancer 14: 172-177, 2011.
21. Fukuya T, Honda H, Hayashi T, Kaneko K, Tateshi Y, Ro T, Maehara Y, Tanaka M, Tsuneyoshi M and Masuda K: Lymphnode metastases: Efficacy for detection with helical CT in patients with gastric cancer. Radiology 197: 705-711, 1995.
22. Tatsumi Y, Tanigawa N, Nishimura H, Nomura E, Mabuchi H, Matsuki M and Narabayashi I: Preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastases in gastric cancer by magnetic resonance imaging with ferumoxtran-10. Gastric Cancer 9: 120-128, 2006.
23. Yoshinaka H, Nishi M, Kajisa T, Kuroshima K and Morifuji H: Ultrasonic detection of lymph node metastases in the region around the celiac axis in esophageal and gastric cancer. J Clin Ultrasound 13: 153-160, 1985.
24. Yang QM, Kawamura T, Itoh H, Bando E, Nemoto M, Akamoto S, Furukawa H and Yonemura Y: Is PET-CT suitable for predicting lymph node status for gastric cancer? Hepatogastroenterology 55: 782-785, 2008.