Fatma Sert, Ilknur Bilkay Gorken, Serdar Ozkok, Didem Colpan Oksuz, Birsen Yucel, Esra Kaytan Saglam, Gamze Aksu, Eren Cetin, Meryem Aktan, Emine Canyilmaz, Nilgün Ozbek Okumus, Berna Yildirim, Serap Akyurek, Meltem Serin, Meral Kurt, Zumre Arican Alicikus, Eda Erdis, Deniz Yalman
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to develop a basic, easily applicable nomogram to improve the survival prediction of the patients with stage II/III gastric cancer (GC) and to select the best candidate for postoperative radiotherapy (RT). METHODS: In this multicentric trial, we retrospectively evaluated the data of 1597 patients with stage II/III GC after curative gastrectomy followed by postoperative RT ± chemotherapy (CT). Patients were divided into a training set (n = 1307) and an external validation set (n = 290)...
March 4, 2024: Asian Journal of Surgery