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Table 4 Disease recurrence patterns according to treatment category

From: Clinical significance of initial treatment for peritoneal lavage cytology-positive gastric cancer: outcomes according to treatment strategy

 

Gastrectomy with adjuvant chemotherapy

n = 10

Palliative gastrectomy alone

n = 11

Conversion gastrectomy

n = 5

Palliative gastrectomy after induction chemotherapy

n = 5

Palliative chemotherapy

n = 7

Recurrence

7

10

3

5

7

 Peritoneal dissemination

4

10

3

4

4

 Lymph node

2

0

0

1

2

 Lung

1

0

0

0

0

 Local recurrence

0

0

0

0

1