Background Previous studies have established the existence of the mesogastrium, dividing
it into 6 sections. The mesogastrium is identified during surgery and used in surgical …

Generally, the gold standard of radical surgery for gastrointestinal (GI) tumors is en bloc
resection of primary lesions and their related tissues. For gastric cancer, the ideal surgical …

Radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer with D2 lymph node dissection has been widely
applied in advanced gastric cancer. It is believed that such surgery should extremely sweep …

Abstract Background and Objectives One of the sites most frequently invaded by gastric
cancer is the mesocolon; however, the UICC does not mention this anatomical site as an …

Background Evidence suggests that the anatomic extent of metastatic lymph nodes (MLNs)
affects prognosis, as proposed by alternative staging systems. The aim of this study was to …

Purpose Cancer cells are often found in adipose connective tissue separate from the
primary lesion and outside lymph nodes on routine pathologic examination of resected …

AIMS: No consensus exists on the level and number of lymph nodes to be dissected and
examined for accurate staging of patients with resectable gastric cancer. The aim of this …

Results The number of PG MLN was a better prognostic indicator than the total number of
MLN (indices of correlation 0.2908 and 0.3424, respectively). Good surgical results were …

Background Currently, gastric cancer staging systems do not consider the anatomic extent of
metastatic lymph nodes (mLNs) as a prognostic factor. We therefore investigated the …

Aims The purpose of this study was to provide a nodal grouping category based on
metastatic lymph nodes to evaluate overall survival in gastric cancer patients following …