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Comparison of LADG to ODG in patients with early gastric cancer resulted in improved QOL outcomes in the patients followed for up to 3 months in the LADG group.

In patients with curatively D2-resected, stage II/III, node-positive GC, adjuvant SOX or SOXRT was effective in prolonging DFS, when compared with S-1 monotherapy. The addition of radiotherapy to SOX did not significantly reduce the rate of recurrence after D2 gastrectomy.

Our findings show that there are various functional and symptomatic problems, which health care providers need to manage during the postsurgical period. We need to continuously address fatigue, diarrhea, dysphagia, eating restrictions, body image disturbance, and cognitive functioning. In addition, it would be necessary to inform patients about possible QOL outcomes while they are receiving information about surgery and signing informed consent for surgery.

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer is a relatively new and attractive treatment, but occasionally fails to remove all cancer lesions completely. This study aimed to elucidate clinicopathological factors that could be helpful in predicting residual tumour in the surgical specimen after incomplete endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). METHODS: Patients who underwent gastrectomy because of incomplete ESD between August 2004 and August 2008 were analysed. Clinicopathological

BACKGROUND: Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a relatively rare disorder characterized by hyperplastic and cystic down growth of gastric glands into the submucosa. In the current study, the authors attempted to clarify the clinical and pathologic features of GCP in patients with gastric cancer. METHODS: The records of 10,728 patients with gastric cancer who underwent gastric cancer surgery were reviewed. The clinicopathologic features of patients who had GCP (n = 161) were compared with the fe

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to investigate clinicopathologic features of gastric cancer patients with only positive peritoneal cytology in the absence of overt peritoneal metastases, and which might distinguish patients with poorer prognosis. METHODS: Between September 1994 and August 2006, clinicopathological features were retrospectively evaluated in 37 consecutive patients with gastric cancer who underwent a curative resection and had positive peritoneal cy

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Food retention and bile reflux has been frequently observed in gastric cancer patients following a subtotal gastrectomy. The aim of this study was to determine whether reconstruction methods after the distal subtotal gastrectomy influenced the degree of food residue and bile reflux. METHODS: The prospectively collected data was reviewed retrospectively for 522 patients with early gastric cancer who had undertaken a follow-up endoscopic examination after a distal subtot