Background Some studies have found high incidences of intraoperative and postoperative
complications for patients with gastric cancer. To determine the predictive factors for the …

An assessment of the learning curve of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG)
might encourage its worldwide spread among inexperienced surgeons. One hundred sixty-…

BACKGROUND: We compared clinicopathological features and results of surgery for gastric
carcinoma in elderly and middle-aged patients to develop appropriate treatment for elderly …

Background: The significance of hepatic resection for liver metastasis after gastric cancer is
not well established. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of hepatic resection in such …

BACKGROUND: There is controversy about the best therapeutic surgical approach for treatment
of patients with T4 gastric cancer. STUDY DESIGN: We used univariate and multivariate …

Background To date, it has been unclear whether laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG)
is a suitable treatment for elderly patients with early gastric cancer. This study …

Background Therapeutic results of gastric cancer have been improved by early detection of
gastric cancer with the mass screening system in Japan. The objective of our study was to …

This study aimed to identify predictive factors and to evaluate appropriate treatments for
recurrence of esophageal cancer after curative esophagectomy. About 166 consecutive patients, …

BACKGROUND: Patients with stage I gastric cancer often suffer from tumor recurrence
despite a generally favorable operative outcome. It is therefore important to determine the …

Background The clinicopathologic characteristics of mucinous gastric carcinoma (MGC), an
uncommon subtype of gastric carcinoma, were examined by comparing 45 MGC and 1255 …