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10.1245/ASO.2003.12.009
Annals of Surgical Oncology 10:898-902 (2003)
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Follow-Up Surveillance for Recurrence After Curative Gastric Cancer Surgery Lacks Survival Benefit

Yasuhiro Kodera, MD, Seiji Ito, MD, Yoshitaka Yamamura, MD, Yoshinari Mochizuki, MD, Michitaka Fujiwara, MD, Kenji Hibi, MD, Katsuki Ito, MD, Seiji Akiyama, MD and Akimasa Nakao, MD

From the Department of Surgery II (YK, MF, KH, KI, SA, AN), Nagoya University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan; and the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (SI, YY, YM), Aichi Cancer Center, Aichi, Japan.

Correspondence: Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Yasuhiro Kodera, MD, Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan; Fax: 81-52-744-2255; E-mail: ykodera{at}med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Background: Although routine follow-up to detect asymptomatic recurrence after surgery for gastric cancer is recommended, the effect of such reassessment on survival has not been evaluated.

Methods: Clinical records of patients developing recurrent disease after potentially curative resection between 1985 and 1996 were retrieved. Among these patients, 197 were in our follow-up program. We analyzed survival in these patients according to the presence or absence of cancer-related symptoms when recurrent disease was diagnosed.

Results: Of all patients with recurrent disease, 50% were diagnosed within 1 year and 75% within 2 years of surgery. Asymptomatic recurrence, detected in 88 patients (45%), frequently represented distant metastasis. Although early detection significantly improved survival after detection of recurrent disease, disease-free survival for this subset was shorter. Thus, no significant difference in overall survival was observed.

Conclusions: Early detection of asymptomatic gastric cancer recurrence did not improve overall survival of patients with recurrence after curative resection. Until development of more effective treatment for this disease, close follow-up may offer no survival benefit.

Key Words: Cancer recurrence • Follow-up • Gastrectomy • Curative resection • Gastric carcinoma




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