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Gastric Cancer
New gastric cancer study findings have been published by scientists at Kyushu University
June 2nd, 2009
"Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) has been widely accepted for the treatment for early gastric cancer. Obesity is a rapidly growing epidemic, and the number of obese patients with gastric cancer is increasing, but the impact of visceral fat (VF) accumulation on laparoscopic gastric surgery remains unknown," scientists in Fukuoka, Japan report. "The aim of the present study was to determine the impact of VF accumulation on LADG. The medical charts of 30 patients who underwent LADG for early gastric cancer in our hospital between November 2000 and November 2006 were analyzed retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups on the basis of VF...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-02)
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