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- Title
Detection and Characterization of Metastatic Cancer Cells in the Mesogastrium of Gastric Cancer Patients.
- Authors
Xie, Daxing; Liu, Liang; Osaiweran, Hasan; Yu, Chaoran; Sheng, Fang; Gao, Chun; Hu, Junbo; Gong, Jianping
- Abstract
Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Here, we propose a novel type of tumor metastasis designated as Metastasis V in gastric cancer. Metastasis V is defined as the appearance of cancer cells in the mesogastrium with perigastric adipose tissue. To detect its incidence and characterize its clinic pathological features, large cross sectional tissue analysis of mesogastrium from 74 patients were used. Metastasis V was detected in 1 of 40 (2.5%) patients with early gastric cancer, 8 of 34 (24%) patients with advanced gastric cancer. The mean distance of Metastasis V from gastric wall was approximately 2.6 cm. Metastasis V was closely associated with tumor invasion depth, along with a number of positive lymph node metastasis. The prognosis of patients with Metastasis V was significantly (P<0.05) worse than those with tumor cell-free mesogastrium. These findings indicate that by using whole-sectional analysis, Metastasis V can be detected in the mesogastrium of gastric cancer patients, and also suggests that it may be a risk factor for patient survival after radical surgery.
- Subjects
METASTASIS; CANCER cells; STOMACH cancer patients; ADIPOSE tissue physiology; MEDICAL research
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2015, Vol 10, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0142970