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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Gastric cancer remains a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. It is estimated that 26,370 people will be diagnosed with gastric cancer in the United States…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Several bodies of evidence both from the West and the East currently recommend that some form of adjuvant therapy should be delivered in addition to surgery…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Gastric cancer remains one of the most common malignancies and a high cause of mortality worldwide. In the United States and the Western world, the incidence…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Surgery, either alone or in combination with other therapeutic options (chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy), remains an essential component of a multimodality approach to midstage esophageal cancer and…
