Association of the Number of Negative Lymph Nodes with Prognosis of Post-operative Gastric Cancer Patients
10.3969/j.issn.1000-8179.2010.02.010
- VernacularTitle:阴性淋巴结数目预测胃癌术后生存的临床价值
- Author:
Teng WANG
;
Dong HUA
;
Hao YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Gastric cancer;
Lymph node;
Prognosis;
Recurrence
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2010;37(2):101-103,107
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To evaluate the impact of the number of negative lymph nodes on disease free survival (DFS) of patients with locally advanced gastric cancer. Methods: A total of 485 patients who underwent surgery for gastric cancer were enrolled in this study. We analyzed the data of these patients including complete information of follow-up and definite postoperative pathological results. The disease free survival of all patients was more than 6 months and was analyzed according to the pathological stage respectively. COX regression analysis was performed to screen the independent prognostic factors. Kaplan-Meier method was used to draw the disease free survival curve and the disease free survival rate was compared among subgroups. Results: Cox regression analysis showed that the disease free survival rate of gastric cancer patients with pathological stage T_3N_(0～2)M_0 was significantly associated with age, degree of tumor differentiation, tumor location as well as the number of negative lymph nodes. In the T_3N_0M_0 subgroup, when the number of negative lymph nodes was 1 to 4 and 5 or more, the 2-year disease free survival rate was 8.3% and 55.6%, respectively, and the 3-year disease free survival rate was 0 and 24.9%, respectively (P=0.025).In the T_3N_1M_0 subgroup, when the number of negative lymph nodes was 3 or less, 4 to 9, and 10 or more, the 2-year disease free survival rate was 17.3%, 39.1%, and 52.6%, respectively, and the 3-year disease free survival rate was 4.2%, 6.0%, and 17.1%, respectively (P<0.001). In the T_3N_1M_0 subgroup, when the number of negative lymph nodes was 7 or less and 8 or more, the 2-year disease free survival rate was 11.5% and 35%, respectively, and the 3-year disease free survival rate was 0.8% and 5%, respectively (P=0.015).Conclusion: For gastric cancer patients with pathological stage T_3N_(0～2)M_0, the number of negative nodes could reflect the level of regional lymph node dissection. The number of negative nodes can be an index for evaluation of the accuracy of pathological staging and is considered as an independent prognostic factor for disease free survival of gastric cancer patients.
