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The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of, and risk factors for, metastases in the greater omentum in patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This was a multicentre prospective cohort study (OMEGA trial) of consecutive patients with gastric cancer undergoing (sub)total gastrectomy with complete en bloc omentectomy and modified D2 lymphadenectomy. After resection, the omentum was separated from the gastrectomy specimen distal to the gastroepiploic vessels and sent separately for pathological examination. The primary endpoint was the presence of metastases in the greater omentum.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Of 100 included patients, five (5\u00b70 per cent) had metastases in the greater omentum. Pathology results showed advanced tumours in all five (pT4b N1 M1, pT4b N2 M1, ypT4a N1 M1, ypT3 N2 M0, ypT3 N3 M0). The resection was microscopically non-radical at the proximal (3) or distal (2) resection margin in all of these patients. Metastases in the greater omentum correlated significantly with a microscopically non-radical resection, tumour expansion in the oesophagus or duodenum, linitis plastica or a proximal gastric tumour with diameter of at least 5 cm, stage III\u2013IV disease and (y)pM1 category.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In resectable gastric cancer, the incidence of metastases in the greater omentum is low, and when present associated with advanced disease and non-radical features. Thus, omentectomy as part of a radical gastrectomy may be omitted. 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