title: Is laparoscopic gastrectomy safe for western patients with gastric cancer with high body mass index?
authors.affiliation: 4th Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kanellos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kanellos
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011788:Quality of Life; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D019366:Western World