Gastric Cancer
Researchers from Research Institute and Hospital report details of new studies and findings in the area of gastric cancer
Published in Gastroenterology Week, July 30th, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Abdominal shape of gastric cancer patients influences short-term surgical outcomes" new findings in gastric cancer. According to a study from Korea, "There is a prevailing belief that both obesity and abdominal shape influence abdominal accessibility, and thus affect short-term surgical outcomes of gastric cancer surgery. We measured the thickness of subcutaneous fat (SCF), abdominal anterior-posterior diameter (APD), transverse diameter (TD), and intra-abdominal fat volume (IFV) at the umbilicus level by using the abdominal CT scans of 291 gastric cancer patients who had undergone subtotal gastrectomy and D2 lymph node dissection."
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