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Open AccessSingle-cell profiling reveals differences between human classical adenocarcinoma and mucinous adenocarcinoma
Colorectal cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease. Most colorectal cancers are classical adenocarcinoma, and mucinous adenocarcinoma is a unique histological subtype that is known to respond poorly to chemor...
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MRI measurements predict major low anterior resection syndrome in rectal cancer patients
Current low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) score is lagging behind and only based on clinical symptoms patient described. Preoperative imaging indicators which can be used to predict LARS is unknown. We pr...
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Correlation and prognostic value of CT-detected extramural venous invasion and pathological lymph-vascular invasion in colon cancer
To explore the association between CT-detected extramural vascular invasion (ctEMVI) and lymph-vascular invasion (LVI) in colon cancer, and analyze the prognostic value of ctEMVI in different conditions of LVI.
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Open AccessThe 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer tumor-node-metastasis staging system for gastric cancer is superior to the 7th edition: results from a Chinese mono-institutional study of 1663 patients
We investigated the superiority of the 8th edition of the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) system for patients in China with gastric cancer.
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Open AccessPrognostic significance of the total number of harvested lymph nodes for lymph node-negative gastric cancer patients
The relationship between the number of harvested lymph nodes (HLNs) and prognosis of gastric cancer patients without an involvement of lymph nodes has not been well-evaluated. The objective of this study is to...
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Open AccessThe optimal extent of gastrectomy for middle-third gastric cancer: distal subtotal gastrectomy is superior to total gastrectomy in short-term effect without sacrificing long-term survival
The optimal extent of gastrectomy for middle-third gastric cancer remains controversial. In our study, the short-term effects and longer-term survival outcomes of distal subtotal gastrectomy and total gastrect...
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Open AccessNeoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for resectable esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
The efficacy and safety of preoperative chemoradiation therapy (CRT) for advanced esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma are still in question, and the prognosis of these patients is poor.
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Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy improves the survival of gastric cancer patients with ovarian metastasis and peritoneal dissemination
The prognosis for ovarian metastasis of gastric cancer is poor. There is no currently available treatment for this disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of hyperthermic int...
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Open AccessComplications after radical gastrectomy following FOLFOX7 neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer
This study assessed the postoperative morbidity and mortality occurring in the first 30 days after radical gastrectomy by comparing gastric cancer patients who did or did not receive the FOLFOX7 regimen of neo...
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Weekly docetaxel and cisplatin plus fluorouracil as a preoperative treatment for gastric cancer patients with synchronous multiple hepatic metastases: a pilot study
This pilot study was undertaken to assess the effect of weekly docetaxel, cisplatin and fluorouracil (DCF) as a preoperative treatment for gastric cancer with multiple synchronous hepatic metastases. Gastric c...
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Long-term outcome of a large series of gastric cancer patients in China
The outcome of gastric cancer treatment in China is relatively poor compared with those in Japan and Korea. Relevant factors are not quite clear till now. The aim of this study is to present data on gastric ca...
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Carcinosarcoma of gallbladder: A case report
Carcinosarcoma is a rare entity of neoplasm especially in gallbladder, with collision elements of both adenocarcinomatous and sarcomatous component. Its clinical behavior is even worse than that of carcinoma, ...
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Prognostic factors analysis for stage I rectal cancer
Objective: To explore the death-related factors of stage I rectal cancer patients. Methods: 89 cases of stage I rectal cancer patients between 1985 and 2000 were retrospectively studied for prognostic factors....
