Prognostic value of preoperative sarcopenia in gastric cancer: A 10-year follow-up study.
Eur J Surg Oncol
; 50(3): 108004, 2024 Mar.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38330540
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Preoperative sarcopenia is associated with prognosis in patients with gastric cancer (GC); however, studies with 10-year survival follow-up are lacking.METHODS:
Consecutive patients with GC who underwent radical gastrectomy between December 2009-2012 were included retrospectively. Preoperative sarcopenia was diagnosed using computed tomography skeletal muscle index. The Kaplan-Meier method estimated overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS). Cox proportional hazard regression analysis determined the prognostic factors for OS and RFS.RESULTS:
In total, 781 patients with GC were included; among these, 207 (26.5%) had preoperative sarcopenia. Patients with sarcopenia had significantly lower 10-year OS and RFS than patients without sarcopenia (39.61% vs. 58.71% and 39.61% vs. 57.84%, respectively). Further, preoperative sarcopenia was an independent risk factor for 10-year OS (HR = 1.467; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.169-1.839) and RFS (HR = 1.450; 95% CI 1.157-1.819). Patients with sarcopenia had a higher risk of death and recurrence in the first 10 years postoperatively than patients without sarcopenia. Additionally, the risk of death (HR = 2.62; 95% CI1.581-4.332) and recurrence (HR = 2.34; 95% CI1.516-3.606) was the highest in the 1st postoperative year and remained relatively stable thereafter. Further, postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy significantly improved 10-year OS (p = 0.006; HR = 0.558) and RFS (p = 0.008; HR = 0.573) in patients with TNM stage II-III GC that presented with sarcopenia.CONCLUSION:
Preoperative sarcopenia remained an independent risk factor for postoperative very long-term prognosis of GC. Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy improved the long-term outcomes of stage II-III patients with sarcopenia.Palabras clave
Texto completo:
1
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Gástricas
/
Sarcopenia
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Surg Oncol
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article