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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 31:469-470 (2001)
© 2001 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Letters to the Editor

East is East and West was West: Closing the Gap in the Delivery of Gastric Cancer Surgery

To the Editor:

With the recent publication of the Clinical Outcomes Guidance (COG) document for the management of upper gastrointestinal malignancy in England and Wales (1), there finally appears to be an appreciation in the United Kingdom that the management of these cancers should be performed in regional cancer centres, on dedicated units, by teams comprised of multi-disciplinary personnel, with the ultimate goal of delivering clinical excellence. The establishment of such dedicated units and interaction with world-renowned centres may at last offer hope of delivering a standard of care to gastric cancer patients in the UK that has become standard in Japan.

I have recently had the opportunity of visiting the Gastric Surgery Division at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, the first since the publication of the COG guidance document. Since January 1999, the NCCH has been housed in a stunning, highly functional, 19-storey building. The running of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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