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Current role of surgical therapy in gastric cancer
1Department of Surgery, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, APC 439, Providence, RI 02903, United States.
Abstract:
Surgery is currently the only potentially curative treatment for gastric cancer. Since the inception of the gastrectomy for cancer of the stomach, there has been debate over the bounds of surgical therapy, balancing potential long-term survival with perioperative morbidity and mortality. This review delineates the current role of surgery in preoperative staging, curative resection, and palliative treatment for gastric cancer.
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