Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer.
Application of minimally invasive techniques to gastric cancer in the West has been curbed by concerns of feasibility and oncologic adequacy. Growing evidence supports improved short-term and equivalent oncologic outcomes in selected patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for early-stage disease. Laparoscopic resection for advanced gastric cancer remains controversial due to few reliable studies on long-term outcomes. We focus on important studies from Asia and highlight the Western experience with laparoscopic and robotic surgery for gastric carcinoma.
Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Zubin M
ZM
Bamboat
Vivian E
VE
Strong
D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012371:Robotics; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*