title: Radical surgery for gastric carcinoma: it is not an issue of whether to perform D1 or D2. Dissect as many lymph nodes as possible and you will be rewarded.
abstract: In the current review article, evidences on radical surgery for gastric cancer reported in the literature are highlighted. The authors conclude that extended lymphadenectomy offers a statistically significant survival benefit. This benefit is only evident if the operative mortality is less than 2%, as obtained in centers of excellence with a high-volume experience of resection of gastric cancer. Lymphadenectomy should no longer be considered only as a tool for cancer-staging, but also as a beneficial therapeutic measure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. ykodera@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kodera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakao