Dillip Kumar Muduly1, Madhabananda Kar2, Mahesh Sultania2, Mohammed Shahin3, Susama Patra3, Vishwajeet Singh4, Mohammed Imaduddin2, Sudipta Mohakud5, Hemant Kumar Nayak6, Manas Kumar Panigraphi6, Saroj Kumar Das Majumdar7, Dilip Kumar Parida7. 1. Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India. dillipmuduly@gmail.com. 2. Department of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India. 3. Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India. 4. Department of Geriatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. 5. Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India. 6. Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India. 7. Department of Radiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The incidence of perineural invasion (PNI) in patients with gastric cancer (GC) is high, and patients with PNI positive disease have a poor prognosis compared to PNI-negative disease. The present study aims to study the incidence and evaluate the impact of PNI on the survival outcome of a cohort of South Asian GC patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All consecutive patients undergoing curative gastrectomy were included in the study. The incidence of PNI and correlation with different clinico-pathological features and overall survival was performed. RESULTS: A total of 59.54% had PNI-positive disease and the median OS of PNI + ve patients was 29.3 months, while it was not reached in PNI-ve patients. The PNI positivity was a significant prognostic factor for overall survival both on univariate and multivariate analysis. On TNM-PNI staging, those with TNM stage I/II patients with PNI + ve disease had similar OS to all stage III patients (p = 0.835) and were worse than that of PNI-ve patients (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The incidence of PNI in gastric cancer is high. The inclusion of PNI with AJCC-TNM staging may better stratify prognostic staging in curatively treated gastric cancer patients.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of perineural invasion (PNI) in patients with gastric cancer (GC) is high, and patients with PNI positive disease have a poor prognosis compared to PNI-negative disease. The present study aims to study the incidence and evaluate the impact of PNI on the survival outcome of a cohort of South Asian GC patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All consecutive patients undergoing curative gastrectomy were included in the study. The incidence of PNI and correlation with different clinico-pathological features and overall survival was performed. RESULTS: A total of 59.54% had PNI-positive disease and the median OS of PNI + ve patients was 29.3 months, while it was not reached in PNI-ve patients. The PNI positivity was a significant prognostic factor for overall survival both on univariate and multivariate analysis. On TNM-PNI staging, those with TNM stage I/II patients with PNI + ve disease had similar OS to all stage III patients (p = 0.835) and were worse than that of PNI-ve patients (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The incidence of PNI in gastric cancer is high. The inclusion of PNI with AJCC-TNM staging may better stratify prognostic staging in curatively treated gastric cancer patients.
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