Gastric carcinoma

Andrew M. Lowy; Paul F. Mansfield; Frederick L. Greene; Frank Kullmann; Michael Mcclelland; Charles S. Fuchs; Robert J. Mayer

doi:10.1056/NEJM199511233332115

Gastric carcinoma

Andrew M. Lowy, Paul F. Mansfield, Frederick L. Greene, Frank Kullmann, Michael Mcclelland, Charles S. Fuchs, Robert J. Mayer

Surgical Oncology

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To the Editor: In their update on gastric carcinoma (July 6 issue),¹ Drs. Fuchs and Mayer correctly point out the limitations inherent in determining the clinical stage of gastric carcinoma by means of abdominal computed tomographic (CT) scanning. As documented in the surgical and radiologic literature, CT often fails to detect peritoneal metastases unless ascites or a large volume of disease is present. The frequency of nontherapeutic laparotomy has therefore been as high as 50 percent in some series.²,³ To decrease the substantial morbidity and expense associated with laparotomy, we routinely perform preoperative laparoscopy to determine the stage of.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1426-1428
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	333
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199511233332115
State	Published - Nov 23 1995

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