A Multi‐institutional, Prospective, Phase II Feasibility Study of Laparoscopy‐Assisted Distal Gastrectomy with D2 Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer (JLSSG0901)

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Authors

Noriyuki Inaki · Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital

Tsuyoshi Etoh · Oita University

Tetsuji Ohyama · Oita University

Kazuhisa Uchiyama · Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University

Natsuya Katada · Kitasato University

Keisuke Koeda · Iwate Medical University

Kazuhiro Yoshida ·

Abstract

The technical safety of LADG with D2 lymph node dissection for locally advanced gastric cancer was demonstrated. A phase III trial to confirm the non-inferiority of this procedure to open gastrectomy in terms of long-term outcomes is ongoing. Registered Number: UMIN 000003420 ( www.umin.ac.jp/ctr/).

Topics & Keywords

Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Metastasis and carcinoma case studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: World Journal of Surgery

Volume 39, Issue 11, pp. 2734-2741

DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3160-z

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