Recent clinical trials of adjuvant therapy for gastric cancer in Japan have shown improved survival benefits, but the results have been considered controversial and have been viewed with some skepticism in the West. Until now, the efforts of Japanese surgical oncologists in multimodality therapy have not been fully understood because they have not been adequately reported in English. This volume now presents the experience and expertise of Japanese surgeons who utilize preoperative or intraoperative chemotherapy, or a combination of systemic and regional chemotherapy. Their collected work...

Recent clinical trials of adjuvant therapy for gastric cancer in Japan have shown improved survival benefits, but the results have been considered controversial and have been viewed with some skepticism in the West. Until now, the efforts of Japanese surgical oncologists in multimodality therapy have not been fully understood because they have not been adequately reported in English. This volume now presents the experience and expertise of Japanese surgeons who utilize preoperative or intraoperative chemotherapy, or a combination of systemic and regional chemotherapy. Their collected work...

This monograph tackles one of the most common causes of cancer death in the world, gastric cancer. Each chapter has been written by a variety of experts, in order to introduce the most recent advances in basic research and clinical practice in this field, which have been accomplished by the Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer. The book consists of the following six sections: Epidemiology and Prevention, Experimental Cacinogenesis, Pathology, Biology, Diagnosis, and Treatment. This book will be of benefit to oncologists, epidemiologists, basic researchers, surgeons, and physicians in...