Current best practices and rationalistic perspectives in causation-based prevention, early detection and multidisciplinary treatment of breast and gastric cancer

Gastric & Breast Cancer e-journal
DOI: 10.2122/gbc.2012.0214

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Progress in treating laparoscopically advanced gastric cancer.

Krishna K. Singh , FRCS (Gen)

Affiliation: Krishna K. Singh, Consultant Surgeon, Specialist in Upper Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Worthing and Southlands Hospital Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2DH UNITED KINGDOM.

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The impact of laparoscopic gastrectomy with extended D2 lymph node dissection in patients with advanced non-metastatic gastric cancer has been poorly evaluated. A large-scale retrospective study with long-term follow-up has been recently reported [1 ] that merits careful evaluation for assessing the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic surgery in gastric cancer treatment.

(Citation: Gastric & Breast Cancer 2012; 11(2): 79-81)

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