Staging laparoscopy and peritoneal cytology in patients with early stage gastric adenocarcinoma

Abstract Background Staging laparoscopy and peritoneal cytology can detect occult metastatic disease prior to treatment of gastric cancer. The yield of peritoneal staging in patients with early stage disease is lacking. We assess the yield of peritoneal staging in early stage gastric cancer and its...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Casey J. Allen, Alisa N. Blumenthaler, Prajnan Das, Bruce D. Minsky, Mariela Blum, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, Jaffer A. Ajani, Naruhiko Ikoma, Paul F. Mansfield, Brian D. Badgwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-020-01813-y