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Surg Clin North Am
; 85(5): 1021-32, vii, 2005 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16139034
ABSTRACT
Carcinoma of the stomach remains one of the most common causes of cancer deaths in the world. The only treatment to offer hope for cure or long-term palliation is surgery. Optimal surgical resection requires an adequate margin of normal tissue around the tumor,dissection of perigastric lymph nodes, and en-bloc removal of organs involved by direct extension. Extended lymphadenectomy has not been shown to offer survival advantage in the West.