Proximal vs. Total Gastrectomy Outcomes for Gastric Cancer After Chemotherapy

A meta-analysis of four propensity score-matched studies comparing surgical outcomes for proximal advanced gastric cancer. The dataset includes 589 patients (284 proximal gastrectomy, 305 total gastrectomy) treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. It was authored by Yueping Li and last updated on June 2, 2026.

Use Cases

• Comparing long-term survival outcomes like 5-year overall survival and recurrence-free survival between surgical procedures.
• Analyzing short-term surgical outcomes such as operative time, blood loss, and lymph node retrieval.
• Assessing postoperative complication rates, including Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ II events.
• Evaluating patterns of distal lymph node metastasis in total gastrectomy cohorts.

Strengths

• Data is derived from four propensity score-matched studies, which helps control for confounding variables.
• Includes specific quantitative results like hazard ratios, odds ratios, and mean differences with 95% confidence intervals.
• Sensitivity analyses were performed to support the stability of the pooled estimates.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 17.4 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library.

Collection Method

Meta-analysis of propensity score-matched comparative studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 04:28:24; freshness should be verified.