Multimodality Treatment of Rectal Cancer
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Rectal and colon adenocarcinoma originate from the same epithelial cell types and share the same histologic features. Unlike the colon, the rectum lacks a peritoneal lining,…
Appendiceal Neoplasms
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen The appendix is a rare site of malignancy, with a large variety of histologic subtypes. Reviews of large series of appendectomies reveal appendiceal neoplasms in nearly…
Locoregional Staging and Restaging of Rectal Cancer
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Staging of rectal cancer is the process of determining the extent of tumor spread, and serves two related goals: to provide information on the prognosis and…
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Western Perspective
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen “The history of esophageal surgery is the tale of men repeatedly losing to a stronger adversary yet persisting in this unequal struggle until the nature of…
Mid-Stage Gastric Cancer: Surgical Resection Techniques
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Surgery plays a central role in the treatment of mid-stage gastric cancer (T2-T4a, N0-N3a). Chemo- or chemoradiotherapy before and/or after surgery may improve survival, but adequate…
Tumors of the Small Bowel
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Despite its length and surface area, the small bowel accounts for less than 5% of all gastrointestinal cancers, and has a malignancy rate 50-fold lower than…
Prophylactic Gastrectomy For Inherited Gastric Cancer
EPIDEMIOLOGY Print Section Listen Gastric cancer is the fourth most common malignancy worldwide and the second most common cause of cancer-related death.1 Histologically, gastric cancer may be classified as either…
Duodenal Cancer (Including Intestinal Type Ampullary Cancer)
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Periampullary cancers encompass a mixture of cancers but in general are separated into four subtypes: cancer in the head of the pancreas, distal bile duct cancer,…
Special Operative and Multimodal Therapy Considerations in EGJ Cancer Care: Western Viewpoints
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Management of Esophago-Gastric Junction (EGJ) cancer with locoregional disease is an area of ongoing discussion and debate, since there is a paucity of randomized trials focusing…
Sentinel Node Navigation Surgery for Early Gastric Cancer
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Many patients with early gastric cancer are currently treated with advanced laparoscopic gastrectomy procedures, such as laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) and laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy, in many…
