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In this issue of the Journal, Sasako and colleagues (pages 453–462) present results from a randomized trial of surgery for gastric cancer conducted in 24 specialized hospitals in Japan. The 523 enrolled patients all had a diagnosis of curable gastric cancer and were randomly assigned to receive either Japan's standard surgical treatment — gastrectomy plus extensive removal of regional lymph nodes — or the same procedure plus para-aortic nodal dissection. There were no significant differences between the two groups in either overall 5-year survival (around 70% in both groups) or recurrence-free survival (around 63% in both groups). Given these results, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Forman is a professor of cancer epidemiology at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health, and Therapeutics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom. Dr. Pisani is a senior scientist in the Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Gastric Cancer in Japan
Horowitz R. E., Rad R., Forman D., Pisani P.
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N Engl J Med 2008; 359:2393-2395, Nov 27, 2008. Correspondence

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