title: Radical gastrectomy for cancer of the stomach.
abstract: Carcinoma of the stomach remains one of the most common causes of cancer deaths in the world. The only treatment to offer hope for cure or long-term palliation is surgery. Optimal surgical resection requires an adequate margin of normal tissue around the tumor,dissection of perigastric lymph nodes, and en-bloc removal of organs involved by direct extension. Extended lymphadenectomy has not been shown to offer survival advantage in the West.
authors.affiliation: Lahey Clinic Medical Center, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USA. John.L.Munson@lahey.org
authors.forename: J Lawrence
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Munson
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: O'Mahony
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*