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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access originally published online on December 16, 2005
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006 36(1):64; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyi209
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© 2005 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Letter

The Myth of Thin Patients as Explanation for the Excellent Results of the Japanese Technique in the Surgical Treatment of Gastric Cancer

Michel Portanova Ramirez

Surgery Department, Rebagliati National Hospital Lima, Peru E-mail: michelportanova@yahoo.com

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To the Editor:

Surgery remains the only treatment for cure of gastric cancer, and excellent results (operative morbidity/mortality, long-term survival) of Japan have always been referred to by worldwide gastric surgeons. One of the possible explanations of the good results is their extended D2 lymphadenectomy. However, these could not . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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