Current Status on Clinical Therapy for Advanced Gastric Carcinoma / 中国普外基础与临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss how to improve the current status on clinical therapy for advanced gastric carcinoma. Methods Related literatures searched on Medline were collected and reviewed. Results The 5th edition of UICC/AJCC TNM staging system of gastric carcinoma is useful to evaluate the prognosis of patients with advanced gastric carcinoma followed by extended lymphadenectomy. There are many factors influencing their prognosis including disease stage, extent of lymphadenectomy, assistant therapy and so on. Conclusion It is significant for patients with advanced gastric carcinoma to undergo individualized extended lymphadenectomy and comprehensive therapy to improve their prognosis after radical gastrectomy