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Would you consider a D2 gastrectomy in young fit patients with gastric adenocarcinoma and positive peritoneal cytology without macroscopic disease if cytology turned negative after neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
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Medical Oncology · Henry Ford Cancer Institute (HFCI)
Negative peritoneal mycology plus very good objective response in the primary in a very young and healthy patient would be reasonable to remove the primary with the understanding there is still a significant risk of well over fifty percent of not curing the patient. This is a very highly selective s...