Abstract

A distinctive subset of metastatic gastric cancer (MGC) is oligometastatic disease (OMD), which is characterized by metastatic lesions limited in number and location. Although growing evidence mainly based on retrospective analysis or single center case series has shown favorable prognosis in the management of OMD in gastric cancer with aggressive local treatment, no existing guidelines explicitely address the definition of OMD and there are still controversial opinions on how to proceed in a new era with more effective systemic therapy selection. In this review, we present the current advances and evidence as well as controversial on the management of OMD in MGC, including the definition, diagnosis, local aggressive treatments especially surgery, prognostic factors, current ongoing randomized clinical studied as well as challenges facing the field.

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