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The role of surgery in the treatment of gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Shi Yingqiang,
Zhou Ye
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.21455
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , lymphadenectomy , cancer , cancer surgery , surgery , general surgery
Abstract During the past decades, despite considerable improvements in the management of gastric cancer, surgery reamains the main curative treatment. However, there is still debate about the extent of gastrectomy and lymphadenectomy, multivisceral resection, the requirement for reoperation for specimens with positive margins, the selection of neoadjuvant treatment and the management strategy of early gastric cancer. This review is to evaluate the above issues based on the reported prospective and retrospective studies. J. Surg. Oncol. 2010; 101:687‐692. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.