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Background
Textbook outcome is a multidimensional measure representing an ideal course after oesophagogastric cancer surgery. It comprises ten perioperative quality‐of‐care parameters and has been developed recently using population‐based data. Its association with long‐term outcome is unknown. The objectives of this study were to validate the clinical relevance of textbook outcome at a hospital...
Background
Patients with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and a CDH1 mutation have a 60–80 per cent lifetime risk of developing diffuse gastric cancer. Total prophylactic gastrectomy eliminates this risk, but is associated with considerable morbidity. The effectiveness (removal of all gastric mucosa) and outcomes of this procedure were evaluated retrospectively.
Methods
All consecutive individuals...