Subtotal gastrectomy combined with chemotherapy: An effective therapy for patients with circumscribed Borrmann type IV gastric cancer

Figure 1 Survival curves of 117 patients according to the independent prognostic factors. A: Subtotal vs total gastrectomy; B: Subtotal vs total gastrectomy (lower-middle lesions); C: Lymph node status (pN stage); D: Tumor invasion depth (pT stage); E: Postoperative chemotherapy. pN: Lymph node status; pT: Tumor invasion depth.

Figure 2 Survival curves of chemotherapy for different Borrmann type IV patients. A: Patients with subtotal gastrectomy; B: Patients with total gastrectomy; C: Patients of different ages.

Figure 3 Mean survival and 3-yr overall survival rates of different groups of 117 patients according to Cox multivariate analysis. TG: Total gastrectomy; STG: Subtotal gastrectomy; LNM: Lymph node metastasis; Chemo: Chemotherapy; MS: Median survival (mo); OSR: Overall survival rate.