Prognosis of gastric cancer
TThe 5-year survival rate for curative surgical resection ranges from:
- 30-50% for patients with stage II disease
- from 10-25% for patients with stage III disease
- for all cases referred, the overall 5-year survival is approximately 20%
- 44% of men survive stomach cancer for at least one year, and this is predicted to fall to 20% surviving for five years or more
- survival for women is slightly lower at one year but similar at five years, with 38% surviving for one year or more, and 18% predicted to survive for at least five years.
Early gastric cancer (EGC) has been defined as a gastric carcinoma confined to the mucosa and/or submucosa, regardless of the size or presence of lymph node metastasis
- EGCs have a low incidence of lymph node metastasis and a favorable outcome after surgery
- patients with EGC generally have an excellent prognosis after curative resection (R0), with 5- and 10-year survival rates of more than 90% and 85-90%, respectively
Reference:
- Yamashita K, Sakuramoto S, Shibata T, et al. Survival outcome of laparoscopic gastrectomy for clinical early (cT1) gastric cancer. Surg Today 2013;43:1013-8
- CRUK. Stomach cancer statistics (Accessed 29/5/19)
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