Gastric cancer surgery in South Korea: Past, present, and future

Sung Gon Kim; Sang Eok Lee; Bang Wool Eom; Hong Man Yoon; Young-Woo Kim; Keun Won Ryu

doi:10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2023.06.07

Gastric cancer surgery in South Korea: Past, present, and future

Chin J Cancer Res. 2023 Dec 30;35(6):627-635. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2023.06.07.

Authors

Sung Gon Kim¹, Sang Eok Lee¹, Bang Wool Eom², Hong Man Yoon², Young-Woo Kim², Keun Won Ryu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon 35365, Republic of Korea.
² Center for Gastric Cancer, Research Institute & Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si 410-769, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 38204450
PMCID: PMC10774143
DOI: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2023.06.07

Abstract

Gastric cancer remains a significant global health concern and its surgical management approaches have undergone significant changes in South Korea and worldwide. Subtotal or total gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection is well established as a standard surgical procedure for gastric cancer. With the active implementation of cancer screening in South Korea, the proportion of early gastric cancer cases has significantly increased over the past few decades, leading to a steady increase in the survival rate among patients. Furthermore, recent advances in surgical instruments and techniques have made minimally invasive surgery increasingly prevalent, not only for early but also for advanced gastric cancer. We aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution and current status of gastric cancer surgery in South Korea.

Keywords: Function-preserving surgery; gastric cancer; minimally invasive surgery; surgery.