Minimally Invasive Gastric Cancer Surgery

Christina L Costantino; John T Mullen

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2018.11.007

Minimally Invasive Gastric Cancer Surgery

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2019 Apr;28(2):201-213. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2018.11.007. Epub 2018 Dec 24.

Authors

Christina L Costantino¹, John T Mullen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, GRB-425, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, 32 Fruit Street, YAW-7-7926, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: JMULLEN@mgh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 30851823
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2018.11.007

Abstract

Minimally invasive surgical approaches to the treatment of gastric cancer have become increasingly common as more data have demonstrated the safety, feasibility, and oncologic equivalency of such approaches compared with conventional open gastrectomy. East Asia has produced the majority of these data, encouraging Western high-volume centers to expand their application of minimally invasive techniques to patients despite more advanced tumor stages at presentation and a lower volume of cases. More randomized, controlled trials and longer term outcome data are necessary to definitively establish the superiority of minimally invasive gastrectomy to open gastrectomy for the treatment of gastric cancer.

Keywords: Gastric cancer; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Robotic gastrectomy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Gastrectomy / methods*
Humans
Laparoscopy / methods*
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
Robotic Surgical Procedures / methods*
Stomach Neoplasms / surgery*