TY - JOUR T1 - Gastric Cancer Invading the Pancreas: A Review of the Role of Pancreatectomy JF - In Vivo JO - In Vivo SP - 2014 LP - 2019 DO - 10.21873/invivo.12927 VL - 36 IS - 5 AU - DIMITRIOS SYMEONIDIS AU - DIMITRIOS ZACHAROULIS AU - LABRINI KISSA AU - ATHINA A. SAMARA AU - EFROSYNI BOMPOU AU - KONSTANTINOS TEPETES Y1 - 2022/09/01 UR - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/36/5/2014.abstract N2 - Gastric cancer is quite a common type of cancer, with significant associated mortality. Traditionally, combined resections of affected organs have been advocated in cases of locally advanced gastric cancer, in order to achieve an R0 resection. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the role of pancreatectomy in the treatment of gastric cancer invading the pancreas by reviewing the relevant literature. The oncological benefits to survival rates of multivisceral resection are not always obvious from the relevant survival charts, especially when the pancreas is the organ invaded by the gastric cancer and gastrectomy needs to be combined with a pancreatectomy, an operation with high morbidity rates. In conclusion, careful patient selection is essential to achieving optimal results, balancing the oncological benefits in these properly selected patients against the associated morbidity of extensive resection. ER -