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The concept of oligometastatic disease in gastric cancer: reality or fiction?

    Serge Kassar

    Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, General Surgery Department, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

    ,
    Ramy Samaha

    *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +96 1306 9134;

    E-mail Address: ramy.samaha@hotmail.com

    Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Hematology-Oncology Department, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

    ,
    Rany Aoun

    Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, General Surgery Department, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

    ,
    Makram Khoury

    Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Hematology-Oncology Department, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

    &
    Joseph Kattan

    Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Hematology-Oncology Department, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2021-1315

    Positive results in the RENAISSANCE Trial will establish oligometastatic gastric cancer as a real independent entity where total surgical treatment will become the standard of care.

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