Gastric Cancer (eBook)

Dr. Vivian E. Strong's institution, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the highest volume referral center in the United States and as such, has ample and substantive weight in the presentation of this important disease process. Dr. Strong personally performs most of the gastric cancer operations at MSKCC and has the highest volume of any surgeon in the United States in the surgical treatment of gastric cancer.Vivian E. Strong, MD, FACSAssociate Professor of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Associate Attending Surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service, Department of Surgery, New York, NY, USA

Part One Historical Perspective and Gastric PathophysiologyChapter 1 The Historical Perspective of Gastric CancerMichael A. Rogy and Marius A. BüngerChapter 2 Epidemiology of Gastric CancerMassimo Rugge, Matteo Fassan, and David Y. GrahamChapter 3 Molecular Mechanisms in Gastric CarcinogenesisJonathan Cools-Lartigue, Laura Baker, and Lorenzo E. FerriChapter 4 Pathology of Gastric CancerLaura H. Tang and Luke V. SelbyChapter 5 Role of HER2 in Gastric CancersElizabeth Won and Yelena Y. JanjigianChapter 6 Pathophysiology of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric CancerSharon Pattison and Alex BoussioutasChapter 7 Western Perspective and Epidemiology of Gastric CancerGiovanni de Manzoni, Daniele Marrelli, Giuseppe Verlato, Paolo Morgagni, Franco RovielloPart Two Diagnostic Techniques for Gastric CancerChapter 8 Diagnosis, Staging and Workup of Gastric CancerArvind Sabesan and Joseph J. BennettChapter 9 Endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound Examination of the StomachMark A. Schattner and John Chi To WongChapter 10 The Role of Staging Laparoscopy and Peritoneal Cytology in Gastric CancerJames P. De Andrade, James J. Mezhir, and Vivian E. StrongPart Three Gastric Resection and Postoperative ManagementChapter 11 Endoscopic Resection for Gastric CancerYoshihiro Komatsu and Blair Anderson JobeChapter 12 Methods of Reconstruction – BI, BII, Roux-en-Y, Jejunal Interposition, Proximal Gastrectomy and Pouch ReconstructionDaniel E. Stange and Jürgen WeitzChapter 13 Lymphadenectomy – D1, D2 and D3Johan L. Dikken and Henk H. HartgrinkChapter 14 Open Methods of Resection and Reconstruction for Subtotal and Total GastrectomyBrian Badgwell and Paul F. MansfieldChapter 15 Laparoscopic Methods of Resection and Reconstruction for Subtotal and Total Gastrectomy with D2 LymphadenectomyHan-Kwang Yang and Do Joong ParkChapter 16 Robotic Methods of Resection and Reconstruction for Subtotal and Total Gastrectomy with D2 LymphadenectomyTaeil Son and Woo Jin HyungChapter 17 Managing Early and Late Postoperative Complications Following Gastric SurgeryBrian Badgwell, Ryan Day, and Thomas AloiaChapter 18 Hereditary Diffuse Gastric CancerGeorge Poultsides and Jeffrey A. NortonChapter 19 Surveillance after Gastric ResectionDomenico D’Ugo, Alberto Biondi, Andrea Tufo, Gianluca Baiocchi, Roberto PersianiChapter 20 Surgical Trials for Gastric CancerDaniel Reim, Alexander Novotny, and Christoph SchuhmacherPart Four Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatments for Gastric Cancer and Targeted TherapyChapter 21 Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment - Strategies and Clinical Trials - Western PerspectiveGeoffrey Y. Ku and David H. IlsonChapter 22 Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Treatment: Standard Treatment and Clinical Trials in the EastMitsuru SasakoChapter 23 Radiation Treatment for Gastric CancerCarla Hajj and Karyn A. GoodmanChapter 24 Targeted Therapy and Novel Agents for the Treatment of Gastric Cancer:  A View towards the FutureGeorgios D. Lianos, Alberto Mangano, Stefano Rausei, Aikaterini Lianou, Zoi Anastasiadi, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Dimitrios H. Roukos