TY - JOUR
T1 - A report on "Debates on the strategy for treating gastric cancer" at the congress of the Korean gastric cancer association
AU - Kim, Sunggeun
AU - Park, Chohyun
AU - Kim, Kyungmi
AU - Kim, Jaegue
AU - Kim, Hyungho
AU - Park, Wongsang
AU - Park, Jongjae
AU - Lee, Munsu
AU - Jung, Hyunchul
AU - Jung, Hunyong
AU - Han, Sangwook
AU - Hyung, Woojin
AU - Ryu, Sungyeop
AU - Kim, Wook
AU - Yook, Junghwan
AU - Jeung, Heicheul
AU - Jung, Inho
AU - Park, Dojoong
AU - Oh, Sanghun
AU - Ryu, Keunwon
AU - Chin, Hyungmin
AU - Lee, Sangho
AU - Kim, Minchan
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We have always attempted to create a standard treatment protocol for patients with gastric cancer. However, many debates still exist regarding gastric cancer treatment. For the past 2 years, at the Annual Congress of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association, we have presented a grand symposium on the "Debates on the strategy for treating gastric cancer". In 2008, four major topics were discussed and voted on after discussion. The four major topics were proximal location treatment for early gastric cancer, management choices for pyloric obstruction with advanced gastric cancer, management of liver metastasis, and reconstruction methods after a distal gastrectomy. The opinions of the audience for six minor topics were expressed by an electronic voting system. In 2009, the four main topics were treatment for submucosal tumor sized around 2 cm, laparoscopic gastrectomy in T2N1 gastric cancer, choices for managing gastric lymphoma, and application of a pylorus preserving procedure for early gastric cancer at the antrum. The opinions of the audience for these six minor topics were expressed by an electronic voting system, as was conducted in 2008. It was good opportunity to identify a point of contact about the debates on managing gastric cancer. The results of these debates and studies will identify the best methods to treat patients with gastric cancer.
AB - We have always attempted to create a standard treatment protocol for patients with gastric cancer. However, many debates still exist regarding gastric cancer treatment. For the past 2 years, at the Annual Congress of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association, we have presented a grand symposium on the "Debates on the strategy for treating gastric cancer". In 2008, four major topics were discussed and voted on after discussion. The four major topics were proximal location treatment for early gastric cancer, management choices for pyloric obstruction with advanced gastric cancer, management of liver metastasis, and reconstruction methods after a distal gastrectomy. The opinions of the audience for six minor topics were expressed by an electronic voting system. In 2009, the four main topics were treatment for submucosal tumor sized around 2 cm, laparoscopic gastrectomy in T2N1 gastric cancer, choices for managing gastric lymphoma, and application of a pylorus preserving procedure for early gastric cancer at the antrum. The opinions of the audience for these six minor topics were expressed by an electronic voting system, as was conducted in 2008. It was good opportunity to identify a point of contact about the debates on managing gastric cancer. The results of these debates and studies will identify the best methods to treat patients with gastric cancer.
KW - Debate
KW - Gastric cancer
KW - Nationwide survey
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867487332&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5230/jgc.2010.10.3.141
DO - 10.5230/jgc.2010.10.3.141
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:84867487332
SN - 2093-582X
VL - 10
SP - 141
EP - 148
JO - Journal of Gastric Cancer
JF - Journal of Gastric Cancer
IS - 3
ER -
