Gastric cancer is one of the common malignant tumors, with the fourth highest incidence rate worldwide and about 700,000 people die from recurrence of gastric cancer worldwide every year. Surgical resection is the main treatment for gastric cancer and the only way to cure it. Early stage gastric cancer or locally progressive gastric cancer should be treated by surgery. Do you know there is an important paper after surgery? What is the prognosis of patients after gastric cancer surgery? Take a look at this piece of paper —- pathology report sheet after your surgery, you will probably know how likely the recurrence is. If there are words such as “hypofractionation”, “vascular and lymph node infiltration” and “positive cut edge” on your post-surgical pathology report sheet, the probability of recurrence is quite high, so you should be vigilant. It is important to be vigilant and should be followed up regularly by your own symptoms, signs, gastroscopy and other auxiliary examinations to enhance prevention.