Open AccessRemnant gastric cancer: An ordinary primary adenocarcinoma or a tumor with its own pattern?
Author(s) -
Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos,
Marina Alessandra Pereira,
André Roncon Dias,
Anna Carolina Batista Dantas,
Daniel José Szor,
Ulysses Ribeiro,
Bruno Zilberstein,
Cristina Ivan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i4.366
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , adenocarcinoma , gastric adenocarcinoma , surgery , primary cancer , primary tumor , general surgery , metastasis
Remnant gastric cancer (RGC) is defined as a tumor that develops in the stomach after a previous gastrectomy and is generally associated with a worse prognosis. However, there little information available regarding RGCs and their prognostic factors and survival.