In people with stomach cancer, there may be little to no difference in survival and the chance of the cancer coming back whether the spleen is removed or kept during surgery to remove the stomach. We ...

(HealthDay)—Robotic gastrectomy (RG) does not reduce intra-abdominal infectious complications compared with laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) for gastric cancer, according to a study published online Sept ...

Largest-of-its-kind meta-analysis explored data from gastrectomies performed on more than 17,000 patients with gastric cancer. Safety, technical feasibility, and oncologic adequacy were comparable for ...

IMRT-induced acute hepatic toxicity and analysis of the dose-volume effects in gastric cancer patients treated with postoperative radiation. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ASCO Annual ...

Does the complication rate after open vs other types of surgery differ in patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer? In this retrospective Korean study, the authors examined early results after ...

Improvement in Infection Prevention and Control Measures at The Children Hospital, Lahore. A My Child Matters Collaborative Project This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 World Cancer Congress ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . No significant difference in 5-year relapse-free and overall survival between laparoscopic and open gastrectomy ...

A single-fire stapler is safe and effective in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), reducing both the operative time and the rate of 30-day readmissions, compared with a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery may be associated with greater weight loss, diabetes control and lower risk for ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass yielded slightly better weight loss at 10 years compared with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, according to results from the randomized SLEEVEPASS study. Among 240 patients ...