Advances in laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer in China. Issue 10 (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Qi-Yue; Zhong, Qing; Liu, Zhi-Yu; Huang, Xiao-Bo; Que, Si-Jin; Zheng, Wen-Ze; Li, Ping; Zheng, Chao-Hui; Huang, Chang-Ming
• Is Part Of: European journal of surgical oncology. Volume 46:Issue 10(2020)Part B
• Page Start: e7
• Page End: e13
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: Gastric cancer -- Laparoscopic gastrectomy -- China -- Advanced stage -- Advance -- Clinical study; Oncology -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Medical Oncology -- Periodicals; Neoplasms -- surgery -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Cancérologie -- Périodiques; Oncologie; Chirurgie (geneeskunde); Electronic journals; Electronic journals -- Sciences; Electronic journals -- Medicine; Electronic journals; 616.994059005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.07.015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0748-7983

Abstract

Abstract: Most gastric cancer (GC) cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage in China. Because of its high morbidity and mortality, GC remains a major health crisis in China. Surgical resection is the only potentially curative treatment for GC. Owing to being minimally invasive, laparoscopic radical gastrectomy has been widely used in various countries, especially in East Asia, since Kitano first reported the feasibility and safety of this technique. Although laparoscopic gastric surgery was introduced relatively late in China, Chinese surgeons have made unique contributions to the research and clinical practice of laparoscopic gastric surgery due to the large number of clinical cases. This review focuses on the progress in laparoscopic gastrectomy for advanced stage GC in China, including reasonable approaches in different areas and oncologic efficacy of laparoscopic surgery, and introduce advanced technology to facilitate surgeons to rapidly overcome the learning curve in clinical practice.