Pylorus-preserving gastrectomy for early cancer involving the upper third: can we go higher?

[1] Ferlay J(2015)Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012 Int J Cancer 136 E359-E386

[2] Soerjomataram I(2008)Screening for gastric cancer in Asia: current evidence and practice Lancet Oncol 9 279-287

[3] Dikshit R(2016)Korean gastric cancer association nationwide survey on gastric cancer in 2014 J Gastric Cancer 16 131-140

[4] Leung WK(2013)Current issues in gastric cancer epidemiology Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 117 199-204

[5] Wu MS(2013)Function-preserving gastrectomy for early gastric cancer Ann Surg Oncol 20 2683-2692

[6] Kakugawa Y(2016)Function-preserving gastrectomy for gastric cancer in Japan World J Gastroenterol 22 5888-5895

[7] Patru CL(2014)Laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy is better than laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for middle-third early gastric cancer Ann Surg 259 485-493

[8] Surlin V(2017)Postoperative quality of life after laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy compared With laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy: a cross-sectional postal questionnaire survey Am J Surg 213 763-770

[9] Georgescu I(2017)Oncological outcomes of function-preserving gastrectomy for early gastric cancer: a multicenter propensity score matched cohort analysis comparing pylorus-preserving gastrectomy versus conventional distal gastrectomy Gastric Cancer 20 709-717

[10] Hiki N(2014)Pylorus-preserving versus distal subtotal gastrectomy for surgical treatment of early gastric cancer: a meta-analysis Hepatogastroenterology 61 870-879

[1] Ferlay J(2015)Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012 Int J Cancer 136 E359-E386

[2] Soerjomataram I(2008)Screening for gastric cancer in Asia: current evidence and practice Lancet Oncol 9 279-287

[3] Dikshit R(2016)Korean gastric cancer association nationwide survey on gastric cancer in 2014 J Gastric Cancer 16 131-140

[4] Leung WK(2013)Current issues in gastric cancer epidemiology Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 117 199-204

[5] Wu MS(2013)Function-preserving gastrectomy for early gastric cancer Ann Surg Oncol 20 2683-2692

[6] Kakugawa Y(2016)Function-preserving gastrectomy for gastric cancer in Japan World J Gastroenterol 22 5888-5895

[7] Patru CL(2014)Laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy is better than laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for middle-third early gastric cancer Ann Surg 259 485-493

[8] Surlin V(2017)Postoperative quality of life after laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy compared With laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy: a cross-sectional postal questionnaire survey Am J Surg 213 763-770

[9] Georgescu I(2017)Oncological outcomes of function-preserving gastrectomy for early gastric cancer: a multicenter propensity score matched cohort analysis comparing pylorus-preserving gastrectomy versus conventional distal gastrectomy Gastric Cancer 20 709-717

[10] Hiki N(2014)Pylorus-preserving versus distal subtotal gastrectomy for surgical treatment of early gastric cancer: a meta-analysis Hepatogastroenterology 61 870-879