Purpose: This study aimed to compare the postoperative outcomes of open total gastrectomy (OTG) and laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy (LATG) and prove that postoperative outcomes of LATG can be improved through a surgeon’s experience.
Methods: 62 patients who underwent ...
Purpose: This study evaluated the adequacies of lymph node (LN) dissection according to the second version (determined by tumor location) or third/fourth version (determined by surgery extent) of the Japanese gastric cancer treatment guidelines.
Methods: Prospectively collecte...
Purpose: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a tumor marker for colorectal cancer (CRC) related to recurrence and prognosis. We examined the ability of the CEA level measured directly from a tumor drainage vein (dCEA) to predict the prognosis of CRC more accurately than those from...
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