Yanfeng Hu, Changming Huang, Yihong Sun, Xiangqian Su, Hui Cao, Jiankun Hu, Yingwei Xue, Jian Suo, Kaixiong Tao, Xianli He, Hongbo Wei, Mingang Ying, Weiguo Hu, Xiaohui Du, Pingyan Chen, Hao Liu, Chaohui Zheng, Fenglin Liu, Jiang Yu, Ziyu Li, Gang Zhao, Xinzu Chen, Kuan Wang, Ping Li, Jiadi Xing, Guoxin Li
PURPOSE: The safety and efficacy of radical laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LG) with D2 lymphadenectomy for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) remain controversial. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare laparoscopic and conventional open distal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissections for AGC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between September 2012 and December 2014, 1,056 patients with clinical stage T2-4aN0-3M0 gastric cancer were eligible for inclusion...
April 20, 2016: Journal of Clinical Oncology