Gastric Carcinoma/Classification, Diagnosis, and Therapy presents the most current perspective on gastric carcinoma, with particular emphasis on the surgical and chemotherapeutic modalities that offer hope for future treatment. The book discusses epidemiology, pathogenesis, and precancerous and clinical stage classification of the disease and provides valid practical guidelines for stage-specific diagnosis, therapy, and patient guidance. Topics explored include endoscopic criteria for premalignant lesions and early gastric carcinoma; clinical staging of gastric cancer by ultrasound, computerized tomography, and magnetic resonance tomography; surgical treatment of carcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction; possibilities for palliative treatment in surgical practice for advanced tumors; adjuvant treatment of gastric cancer; and chemotherapy of advanced gastric carcinomas in elderly and high-risk patients.

InhaltsangabeI. Pathogenesis and Pathology of Gastric Carcinoma.- 1. Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Gastric Carcinoma.- 2. Gastric Carcinoma-Precancerous Conditions and Lesions, Classification, and Prognosis.- II. Diagnosis.- 3. Endoscopic Criteria for Premalignant Lesions and Early Gastric Carcinoma.- 4. Clinical Staging of Gastric Cancer by Ultrasound, Computerized Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Tomography.- III. Surgical Therapy of Gastric Carcinoma.- 5. Surgical Treatment of Gastric Carcinoma: Approach According to Tumor Stage or Total Gastrectomy as the Operation of Choice.- 6. Surgical Treatment of Gastric Cancer: Carcinomas of the Gastroesophageal Junction.- 7. The Surgical Treatment of Gastric Carcinoma: Possibilities for Palliative Treatment.- 8. The Surgical Treatment of Carcinoma in the Operated Stomach.- 9. Follow-Up Care and Surgery for Recurrent Gastric Cancer.- 10. Polychemotherapy of Gastric Carcinoma.- IV. Chemotherapy of Gastric Carcinoma.- 11. Advanced Gastric Cancer: Results of Chemotherapy Trials of the EORTC Gastrointestinal Group.- 12. Adjuvant Treatment of Gastric Cancer.- 13. Gastric Cancer Trials: Implications of the Gastrointestinal Tumor Study Group and the Mount Sinai Medical Center Experience.- 14. Preoperative ("Neoadjuvant") Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Gastric Carcinoma.- 15 Chemotherapy of Advanced Gastric Carcinoma in Elderly and High-Risk Patients.- V. Summary.- 16. Consequences and Practical Procedures During Gastric Carcinoma: Record of Results from a Consensus Conference.