Surgical Treatment for Gastric Cancer

Ian Solsky; Haejin In

doi:10.1016/j.giec.2021.04.001

Surgical Treatment for Gastric Cancer

Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2021 Jul;31(3):581-605. doi: 10.1016/j.giec.2021.04.001.

Authors

Ian Solsky¹, Haejin In²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue Block Building #112, New York, NY 10461, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue Block Building #112, New York, NY 10461, USA; Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: hin@montefiore.org.

PMID: 34053640
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2021.04.001

Abstract

Surgery is an essential component of curative-intent treatment strategies for gastric cancer. However, the care of each patient with gastric cancer must be individualized based on patient and tumor characteristics. It is important that all physicians who will be caring for patient with gastric cancer understand the current best practices of surgical management to provide patients with the highest quality of care. This article aims to provide this information while acknowledging areas of surgical management that are still controversial.

Keywords: Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Lymphadenectomy; Staging laparoscopy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Gastrectomy
Humans
Laparoscopy*
Lymph Node Excision
Stomach Neoplasms* / surgery