Effect of Microscopic Resection Line Disease on Gastric-Cancer Survival

• Main Authors: Kim, S. H., Karpeh, Martin S., Klimstra, D. S., Leung, Denis H. Y., Brennan, M. F.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1999
• Subjects: Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/482
• Institution: Singapore Management University

To study the effect of residual microscopic resection line disease in gastric cancer, we compared 47 patients with positive margins to 572 patients who underwent R0 resections using a multivariate analysis of factors affecting outcome. Although the presence of positive margins was a significant and...