Abstract:Abstract:Objective:To investigate the regular patterns of postoperative recurrence of gastric cancer and evaluate the indicators of longterm prognosis.
Methods:A total of 447 patients who underwent gastric cancer operation over a period of 25 years and had recurrece were divided into 2 groups: <2 years and 2-5 years, in accordance with the interval time of recurrence after the primary surgery . Survival rate was calculated by the KaplanMeier method and multivariate analysis was recorded by Cox. Model.
Results:The postoperative recurrence rate of gastric cancer was 29.3% (447/1526), of which the 2 year recurrence was 69.8% (312/447), and 2-5 years recurrence accounted for 30.2% (135/447). Singlefactor analysis showed that cumulative survival was significantly affected by tumor location, gross tumor type, pathological type, tumor stage, type of surgery, as well as the location (local or distant) of recurrence. Multifactor analysis showed that tumor stage and gross characteristics of cancer were the independent factors of cumulative survival rate. Diseasefree survival and diseasefree progressionfree survival were positively related to the survival period of patients.
Conclusions:Patients with gastric cancer should be followedup for at least five years; in the first two years, they should be examined every 3 months, and in the later 2-5 years, they should be examined every 6 months. A diseasefree survival and diseasefree progressionfree survival can be used as indicatois of longterm cure and the best predictor of prognosis.