An observational study in Gastric Cancer, sponsored by Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 20 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-22.
Sponsored by Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen · Observational
The effect of centralisation measures on the operative outcomes after gastric cancer resection in Switzerland has not been highlighted yet. This study aims to investigate the influence of the annual hospital specific case load of gastric cancer resection on short-term postoperative outcomes.
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This study's enrollment of 3,112 is above the median of 274 across 670 observational studies indexed under Stomach Neoplasms.
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All patients with gastric cancer resection in Switzerland between 2013 and 2022.
Exclusion Criteria:
Procedure: Gastric cancer resection
Any kind of surgical gastric cancer resection
Mortality
The association between the hospital volume and the postoperative mortality of gastric cancer resection as marginal effect with GAM (Generalized Additive Models) logistic regression
Time frame: Periprocedural
Reoperation
The association between the hospital volume and the reoperation rate of gastric cancer resection as marginal effect with GAM logistic regression
Time frame: Periprocedural
Length of hospital stay
The association between the hospital volume and the length of hospital stay of gastric cancer resection as marginal effect with quantile regression.
Time frame: Periprocedural
Sociodemographic trends
Time frame: 2013 - 2022
Plan to share: No
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