Original Article

Validation of clinical significance of examined lymph node count for accurate prognostic evaluation of gastric cancer for the eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM staging system
Jingyu Deng, Jinyuan Liu, Wei Wang, Zhe Sun, Zhenning Wang, Zhiwei Zhou, Huimian Xu, Han Liang
Oncological safety of use of ultrasonic activated shears in gastric cancer surgery: Long-term results of randomized controlled trial
Su Mi Kim, Jae-Moon Bae, Min-Gew Choi, Jun Ho Lee, Tae Sung Sohn, Sung Kim
Anatomical variation of infra-pyloric artery origination: A prospective multicenter observational study (IPA-Origin)
Rulin Miao, Jianjun Qu, Zhengrong Li, Daguang Wang, Jiang Yu, Weidong Zang, Yong Li, Fenglin Liu, Jian Zhang, Wu Song, Kai Ye, Su Yan, Wei Wang, Shuangyi Ren, Lu Zang, Changqing Jing, Li Zhang, Kuan Wang, Weihua Fu, Lin Fan, Bin Liang, Gang Zhao, Jun Cai, Li Yang, Jiaming Zhu, Jun You, Kun Yang, Qingxing Huang, Zhaojian Niu, Ning Ning, Xingfeng Qiu, Gang Ji, Feng Liang, Hua Huang, Chao Gao, Fei Shan, Shuangxi Li, Yongning Jia, Lianhai Zhang, Xiangji Ying, Yan Zhang, Zhaode Bu, Xiangqian Su, Gang Zhao, Ziyu Li, Jiafu Ji
Feasibility of personalized treatment concepts in gastrointestinal malignancies: Sub-group results of prospective clinical phase II trial EXACT
Matthias Unseld, Robert Mader, Lukas Baumann, Clarence Veraar, Fritz Wrba, Fredrik Waneck, Markus Kieler, Daniela Bianconi, Walter Berger, Maria Sibilia, Leonhard Müllauer, Christoph Zielinski, Gerald W. Prager
Oxaliplatin plus S-1 or capecitabine as neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer with D2 lymphadenectomy: 5-year follow-up results of a phase II−III randomized trial
Kan Xue, Xiangji Ying, Zhaode Bu, Aiwen Wu, Zhongwu Li, Lei Tang, Lianhai Zhang, Yan Zhang, Ziyu Li, Jiafu Ji
Immunohistochemical expression of thymidylate synthase and prognosis in gastric cancer patients submitted to fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy
Marina Alessandra Pereira, Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos, Andre Roncon Dias, Sheila Friedrich Faraj, Cinthya dos Santos Cirqueira, Evandro Sobroza de Mello, Bruno Zilberstein, Venancio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Ulysses Ribeiro Jr.
A comparative study of totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy versus laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients: Short-term operative outcomes at a high-volume center
Won Ho Han, Amir Ben Yehuda, Deok-Hee Kim, Seung Geun Yang, Bang Wool Eom, Hong Man Yoon, Young-Woo Kim, Keun Won Ryu
Probe-based confocal endomicroscopy is accurate for differentiating gastric lesions in patients in a Western center
Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro, Elisa Ryoka Baba, Rodrigo Corsato Scomparin, Sheila Friedrich Faraj, Marcelo Simas de Lima, Luciano Lenz, Bruno Costa Martins, Carla Gusmon, Fábio Shiguehissa Kawaguti, Caterina Pennacchi, Bruno Zilberstein, Ulysses Ribeiro Jr., Fauze Maluf-Filho
Clinical study of ultrasound and microbubbles for enhancing chemotherapeutic sensitivity of malignant tumors in digestive system
Yanjie Wang, Yan Li, Kun Yan, Lin Shen, Wei Yang, Jifang Gong, Ke Ding

Perspectives

Traps and trumps from adjacent-to-tumor samples in gastric cancer research
Paulo Pimentel de Assumpção, André Salim Khayat, Taíssa Maíra Thomaz Araújo, Williams Fernandes Barra, Geraldo Ishak, Aline Maria Pereira Cruz Ramos, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos, Ândrea Kely Campos Ribeiro dos Santos, Samia Demachki, Paula Baraúna de Assumpção, Danielle Queiroz Calcagno, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos Santos, Mônica Baraúna de Assumpção, Fabiano Cordeiro Moreira, André Maurício Ribeiro dos Santos, Carolina Baraúna de Assumpção, Gregory Joseph Riggins, Rommel Mario Rodríguez Burbano

Brief Communication

Fluorescence image-guided lymphadenectomy using indocyanine green and near infrared technology in robotic gastrectomy
Jacopo Desiderio, Stefano Trastulli, Alessandro Gemini, Domenico Di Nardo, Giorgio Palazzini, Amilcare Parisi, Vito D’Andrea
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