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Special Issue

Advances in the Minimally Invasive Management of

Gastric and Esophagogastric Junction Cancer

Guest Editor(s): Special Issue Introduction
Tetsu Fukunaga, Management of gastric and gastroesophageal cancers is a
Department of Gastroenterology and complex, evolving paradigm. Data are conflicting with regard to
Minimally Invasive Surgery, Juntendo the specific roles of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation,
University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, particularly between Asian and Western studies. Nowadays, there
Japan. are more patients with gastric cancer of early stage than before.
Email: t2fukunaga@gmail.com Minimally invasive surgery is widely used in the treatment of these
Website: patients. Advanced gastric cancer may need chemotherapy with
https://www.juntendo.ac.jp/english/researc or without radiation, followed by surgery. Gastroesophageal
h/fukunaga_tetsu.html junction tumors have been increasing in incidence over time, with
most tumors presented at a locally advanced stage. The treatment
Submission Deadline: plan depends on the stage at diagnosis. Minimally invasive surgery
31 Dec 2018 can be performed in most of early stage gastric and
gastroesophageal junction tumors and also can be successfully
applied to advanced gastric cancer with increasing experience.
Minimally invasive management of gastric and gastroesophageal
cancer has progressed rapidly with the development of surgical
instruments and techniques, especially in Asian countries, which
helps decrease postoperative length of stay and morbidity from
surgery. The overall aim of this special issue is to present and discuss
recent advances in the minimally invasive management of patients
with gastric and esophagogastric junction cancer.

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