Underutilization of Staging Laparoscopy Prior to Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in Gastric Cancer
Compliance with SL prior to NST is poor (29.8%), and in the group that underwent SL, 38% of patients were upstaged due to presence of peritoneal metastases. These findings are significant, as the management and prognosis of peritoneal metastases are drastically different. Various factors could lead to poor compliance with SL, hence better compliance and alternate approaches to reliably detect PC are needed.
Authors
- Fatemeh Tajik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-2947)
- Arsha Ostowari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7391-6736)
- Michael P. O’Leary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-4271)
- Farshid Dayyani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-5189)
- Bima J. Hasjim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-9011)
- Maheswari Senthil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-8558)
- Shaina Sedighim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5146-5006)
- Melanie Roman
- Ninh T. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3745-966X)
- Shaun Daly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3026-1952)
- Brian R. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3970-8690)
- Oliver S. Eng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0226-5005)
- Kathryn T. Chen
- Stefania Montero
Institutions
- Loma Linda University (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-025-18547-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52