Abstract
Several alternative lymph node staging systems have recently been described for gastric cancer. The log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) system may be superior to the pN stage (American Joint Committee on Cancer) and lymph node ratio systems in predicting outcomes for patients with gastric cancers, as indicated by some researchers. Most studies, however, have been conducted in Asian countries, and conflicting results have been reported by other investigators. We conducted a retrospective study of all 377 cases of gastric cancer resected at a tertiary hospital in Spain between 2000 and 2019. Clinicopathologic features were collected, LODDS were calculated and categorized into 5 groups (S1-S5), and statistical analysis was performed. The cases included (n = 315) were classified as S1 (25.6%), S2 (18.4%), S3 (21.3%), S4 (20.3%), and S5 (14.4%). The LODDS classification was significantly associated with tumor size, Laurén subtype, presence of signet ring cells, tumor grade, perineural infiltration, lymphovascular invasion, growth pattern, pT, tumor recurrence, and death. Kaplan-Meier analysis based on the LODDS classification demonstrated improved patient stratification compared with the pN stage for both overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Area under the curve values for recurrence and death were superior for the LODDS classification, and this classification was independently related to OS and DFS. In addition, the LODDS classification successfully divided patients without lymph node metastases (pN0) into subgroups with distinct prognoses. For our cohort, the LODDS system showed better prognostic performance than pN stage; it was an independent predictor of OS and DFS, and it provided valuable prognostic information in cases without lymph node metastases. Its prognostic accuracy, however, decreased in cases with fewer than 16 lymph nodes resected.
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