From: Clinical management of gastric cancer: results of a multicentre survey
Surgery practice | Recommendation of the Guidelines | Oncological surgeons | Medical oncologists | Radiation oncologists | p | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | N | % | N | % | N | % |  |
proximal cancer cT2N0M0 | Subtotal gastrectomy | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.329 |
Total gastrectomy | Â | 34 | 33.66 | 69 | 42.86 | 37 | 38.54 | Â |
Subtotal gastrectomy | Â | 67 | 66.33 | 92 | 57.14 | 59 | 61.46 | Â |
antrum cancer cT2N0M0 | Controversial: total or subtotal gastrectomy | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
Total gastrectomy | Â | 4 | 3.96 | 36 | 22.36 | 33 | 34.38 | Â |
Subtotal gastrectomy | Â | 97 | 96.04 | 125 | 79.64 | 63 | 65.63 | Â |
Adequate margin | 5 cm | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
2 cm | Â | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.48 | 3 | 3.13 | Â |
3 cm | Â | 8 | 7.92 | 19 | 11.80 | 8 | 8.33 | Â |
4 cm | Â | 14 | 13.86 | 41 | 25.47 | 23 | 23.96 | Â |
5 cm | Â | 77 | 76.24 | 58 | 36.02 | 33 | 34.38 | Â |
6 cm | Â | 2 | 1.98 | 17 | 10.56 | 14 | 14.58 | Â |
unclear | Â | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.66 | 15 | 15.63 | Â |
Extent of lymph nodes dissection | D2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.748 |
D1 | Â | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8.70 | 8 | 8.33 | Â |
D2 | Â | 89 | 88.12 | 94 | 58.39 | 61 | 63.54 | Â |
Greater than D2 | Â | 12 | 11.88 | 37 | 22.98 | 15 | 15.63 | Â |
unclear | Â | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9.94 | 12 | 12.50 | Â |
at least how many regional lymph nodes should be removed | 15 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.041 |
12 | Â | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.83 | 0 | 0 | Â |
15 | Â | 73 | 72.28 | 68 | 42.24 | 44 | 45.83 | Â |
20 | Â | 19 | 18.81 | 46 | 28.57 | 39 | 40.63 | Â |
30 | Â | 9 | 8.91 | 13 | 8.07 | 0 | 0 | Â |
unclear | Â | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14.29 | 13 | 13.54 | Â |