title: Gastric cancer--patterns of relapse after surgical resection.
abstract: A knowledge of patterns of relapse after initial treatment with surgery alone is essential to determining the relative importance of both local (irradiation) and systemic adjuvants (chemotherapy, other) to surgery. A presentation of anatomic factors and pathways of tumor spread provides a basis for understanding the subsequent patterns of relapse data found in clinical, autopsy, and reoperative series. Implications for adjuvant therapy are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Medical School and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Leonard L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Gunderson
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology