Survival benefit of bursectomy ...
Background Bursectomy is regarded as a standard surgical procedure during gastrectomy for serosa-positive gastric cancer in Japan. There is little e ...
The delta-shaped anastomosis in ...
Background We developed a new method of intracorporeal gastroduodenostomy, the delta-shaped anastomosis, in which only endoscopic linear staplers ar ...
First-line fluorouracil-based c ...
Background Treatment with an oral fluoropyrimidine plus cisplatin is widely used for advanced gastric cancer, but patients with severe peritoneal me ...
Clinicopathological analysis fo ...
Background The prognosis for patients with stage Ib (second English edition of the Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma) gastric cancer is p ...
Decreased NKG2D expression on N ...
Background Although malignant diseases are known to be associated with immune suppression, the detailed mechanisms involved are still unknown. NKG2D ...
A multiple-center phase II stud ...
Background Docetaxel and oxaliplatin are active agents for advanced gastric cancer (GC). The combination of these two drugs in a triweekly schedule ...
Frequent development of leptome ...
We detected 7 cases of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in 126 patients with peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer who received combined systemic ...
Multicenter study of the long-t ...
Background Little information is available on the longterm outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC) in pati ...
Phase II trial of combined trea ...
Background To improve the poor prognosis in patients with stage IV (StIV) gastric cancer (GC), we conducted a multicenter phase II study of preopera ...
Single-institute prospective tr ...
Background Laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) is an advanced surgery that requires the mastery of complex surgical skills. We evaluate the feasi ...
A systematic review of the accu ...
Background Despite improved preoperative imaging techniques, patients with incurable or unresectable gastric cancer are still subjected to non-thera ...
Early gastric cancer combined w ...
We report a 75-year-old woman who suffered multiple metachronous osteosclerotic bone metastases 4 years after a distal gastrectomy for early gastric ...
Safety and feasibility of S-1 a ...
Background The safety and feasibility of administering S-1 adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer has not been fully evaluated in elderly patients ...
Usefulness of transnasal endosc ...
Background Early gastric cancer located from the pyloric ring to inside the duodenal bulb (DB) is not easily treated by endoscopic submucosal dissec ...
Gastric linitis plastica: which ...
Background The role of surgery for gastric linitis plastica (GLP) is questioned. This study aimed to analyze our experience in the surgical treatmen ...
Effective palliation and qualit ...
Background Relief of symptoms should be the primary focus of palliative treatment as defined by the World Health Organization. Evaluating the effect ...
Clinical features and predictiv ...
Background Various endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)-related complications, such as perforation or bleeding, occur frequently. However, the cli ...
Second-line chemotherapy for ga ...
Chemotherapy for gastric cancer has been advancing fairly well. It has been indicated that not only advances in first-line chemotherapy but also tho ...
Reporting patient characteristi ...
Background There is no consensus on which patient characteristics are the most suitable to report or to be used as stratification factors in clinica ...
Laparoscopy-assisted subtotal g ...
Total gastrectomy or proximal gastrectomy is usually performed either as an open procedure or laparoscopically for the treatment of early gastric ca ...
A novel procedure for Roux-en-Y ...
We describe herein our procedures for Rouxen- Y reconstruction using a transoral anvil following laparoscopy- assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG). Th ...
New method of endoscopic full-t ...
The indications for endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR) are limited because transmural communication during the entire procedure, causing tum ...
Trans-vaginal specimen extracti ...
Background Although natural orifice extraction is now widely performed, there have been no reports of this procedure following subtotal gastrectomy ...
General perioperative managemen ...
Background Gastric cancer is very common in Korea and Japan, where many hospitals annually perform high numbers of gastrectomies for gastric cancer. ...
Assessing clinical benefit resp ...
Background Paclitaxel has shown promise against advanced gastric cancer and associated malignant ascites with non-measurable lesions. In order to ev ...