By Kate O’Rourke
In patients with gastric cancer who receive chemotherapy before gastrectomy, resulting in downstaged disease (cN+ ypN0), overall survival is similar to that of patients with natural node-negative disease (cN0 ypN0), according to a recent study. The report is the first to shine a light on this clinical question.
“In this retrospective cohort study, ypN status is a significant prognostic factor for overall survival [OS]. However, there is no survival difference between