Utility of Nasogastric Tube for Medical and Surgical Oncology of Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Institutional Study on a New and Precious Application of an Old and Economic Device

Concerning gastric cancer (GC), nasogastric tube (NGT) is routinely employed for peri-operative decompression and palliative enteral nutrition. Additionally, we believe to have found a further application. Between April 2012 and April 2017, 96 GC patients received preoperative nasogastric lavage (GL...

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Published in:Anticancer research 2018-01, Vol.38 (1), p.433-439
Main Authors: Virgilio, Edoardo, Balducci, Genoveffa, Mercantini, Paolo, Giarnieri, Enrico, Giovagnoli, Maria Rosaria, Montagnini, Monica, Proietti, Antonella, D'Urso, Rosaria, Cavallini, Marco
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Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Data processing
Decompression
Enteral nutrition
Gastric cancer
Lymph nodes
Medical prognosis
Metastases
Multivariate analysis
Nutrition
Patients
Surgery
Tumors
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Summary:Concerning gastric cancer (GC), nasogastric tube (NGT) is routinely employed for peri-operative decompression and palliative enteral nutrition. Additionally, we believe to have found a further application. Between April 2012 and April 2017, 96 GC patients received preoperative nasogastric lavage (GL). All samples were cytologically examined to detect the presence (GL1) or absence (GL0) of malignant cells. Data were analyzed with classificatory, staging and prognostic purpose. GL1 was detected in 46 GC patients: association with tumor depth, lymph node and distant metastasis, lymphovascular and peri-neural invasion, diffuse type and signet-ring cells was significant (respectively p=0.0274, 0.0324, 0.0446, 0.0287,
ISSN:0250-7005
1791-7530
DOI:10.21873/anticanres.12241