Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Editor Contact Information
Chapter 1 – Geographical Differences in Risk Factors, Systems and Outcomes n Gastric Cancer (pp. 1-22)
Omar M. Rashid, M.D., J.D., Sangeetha Prabhakaran, M.D., Kyo-young Song, M.D., Ph.D. and Joyce Wong, M.D. (Department of Surgical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA and others)
Chapter 2 – Gastric Cancer: Focus on Epidemiology, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment – A Global Overview (pp. 23-56)
Lan Mo, M.D., Jafar Al-Mondhiry, M.S. and Jennifer Wu, M.D. (Hematology /Oncology Program, NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine, NY and others)
Chapter 3 – Gastric Cancer Staging (pp. 57-88)
Matthew Dixon, Abraham El-Sedfy and Natalie Coburn (Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA and others)
Chapter 4 – Early Gastric Cancer: A Comprehensive View of Management (pp. 89-124)
Wenbo Meng, Xun Li, M.D., Ph.D., Wence Zhou, Yan Li, Kiyohito Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D. and Liang Qiao (Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China and others)
Chapter 5 – Advancements in Murine Models of Human Gastric Cancer (pp. 125-140)
Jasneet Singh Bhullar, M.D., M.S., Neha Varshney, M.D. and Vijay K. Mittal, M.D., FACS (Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital & Medical Centers, Southfield, MI, USA)
Chapter 6 – Adjuvant Treatment Modalities for Gastrıc Cancer (pp. 141-156)
Leyla Kilic, M.D. and Cetin Ordu, M.D. (Firat University Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology, Elazig, Turkey and others)
Chapter 7 – Surgical Evaluation of Lymph Node Involvement in Gastric Cancer – Maruyama Computer Program and the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (pp. 157-170)
Dezső Tóth, M.D., Ph.D. and Miklós Török, M.D. (Departments of General Surgery and Pathology, Kenézy Teaching Hospital, Debrecen, Hungary)
Chapter 8 – Clinical and Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer: Principles of Treatment (pp. 171-194)
Stefano Rausei, M.D., Ph.D., Sebastiano Spampatti, M.D., Federica Galli, M.D., Laura Ruspi, M.D., Francesca Rovera, M.D., Luigi Boni, M.D., FACS and Gianlorenzo Dionigi, M.D., FACS (Department of Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy)
Chapter 9 – Bursectomy in Gastric Cancer Surgery (pp. 195-208)
Konstantinos Blouhos, M.D., MSc, Ph.D., Konstantinos Tsalis, M.D., Ph.D., Konstantinos A. Boulas, M.D., MSc. and Anestis Hatzigeorgiadis, M.D., MSc. (Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Drama, Drama, Greece and others)
Index