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The importance of surgical margins in gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Postlewait Lauren M.,
Maithel Shishir K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.24110
Subject(s) - medicine , margin (machine learning) , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , adenocarcinoma , surgical margin , disease , resection margin , surgical resection , adverse effect , general surgery , surgery , resection , oncology , paleontology , machine learning , computer science , biology
Interpretation and management of the surgical margin is paramount to the treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma. Although in early‐stage disease, a microscopically positive margin may be associated with poor outcomes, in later stages, it does not persist as an independent poor prognostic factor but rather is likely a marker of other adverse pathologic characteristics that ultimately determine outcomes. Thus, the decision to extend a resection to achieve a negative margin should be deliberate and individualized. J. Surg. Oncol. 2016;113:277–282 . © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.