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Cowling, Joseph, Gorman, Bethany, Riaz, Afrah, Bundred, James R, Kamarajah, Sivesh K, Evans, Richard P T, Singh, Pritam and Griffiths, Ewen A (2020) Peri-operative Outcomes and Survival Following Palliative Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of gastrointestinal cancer. ISSN 1941-6636.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Many patients with gastric cancer present with late stage disease. Palliative gastrectomy remains a contentious intervention aiming to debulk tumour and prevent or treat complications such as gastric outlet obstruction, perforation and bleeding.
METHODS
We conducted a systematic review of the literature for all papers describing palliative resections for gastric cancer and reporting peri-operative or survival outcomes. Data from peri-operative and survival outcomes were meta-analysed using random effects modelling. Survival data from patients undergoing palliative resections, non-resective surgery and palliative chemotherapy were also combined. This study was registered with the PROSPERO database (CRD42019159136).
RESULTS
One hundred and twenty-eight papers which included 58,675 patients contributed data. At 1 year, there was a significantly improved survival in patients who underwent palliative gastrectomy when compared to non-resectional surgery and no treatment. At 2 years following treatment, palliative gastrectomy was associated with significantly improved survival compared to chemotherapy only; however, there was no significant improvement in survival compared to patients who underwent non-resectional surgery after 1 year. Palliative resections were associated with higher rates of overall complications versus non-resectional surgery (OR 2.14; 95% CI, 1.34, 3.46; p < 0.001). However, palliative resections were associated with similar peri-operative mortality rates to non-resectional surgery.
CONCLUSION
Palliative gastrectomy is associated with a small improvement in survival at 1 year when compared to non-resectional surgery and chemotherapy. However, at 2 and 3 years following treatment, survival benefits are less clear. Any survival benefits come at the expense of increased major and overall complications.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QZ Pathology. Oncology WI Digestive system. Gastroenterology |
| Divisions: | Planned IP Care > Gastroentrology |
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| Depositing User: | Mrs Yolande Brookes |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2020 15:11 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2020 15:11 |
| URI: | http://www.repository.uhblibrary.co.uk/id/eprint/3578 |
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