In conclusion, extended D2 lymphadenectomy plus PAND should not be used to treat curable stage T2b, T3, or T4 gastric cancer. D2 gastrectomy is associated with low mortality and reasonable ...

Gastric cancer is the most common cancer in Japan ... surgeons in Japan have been performing extensive procedures for stage T2b, T3, and T4 gastric cancers for more than 2 decades.

The curative treatment of stomach cancer requires gastric resection ... according to the tumor stage (T1 to T2, T3, or T4) and the nodal status (no positive nodes, one to three positive nodes ...

Clinicians can help reduce gastric cancer incidence and mortality in high-risk groups through endoscopic screening and surveillance of precancerous conditions, such as gastric intestinal ...

Possible explanations are low statistical power, a high rate of proximal gastric cancer including AEG and/or a better outcome ... or the esophagogastric junction (AEG II and III); T3 or T4 tumor based ...