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The Role of Staging Laparoscopy

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Gastric Cancer: the 25-year R-Evolution

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Abstract

Staging laparoscopy is a useful tool to adequately stage gastric cancer patients. It displayed a higher accuracy in detecting peritoneal involvement than computed tomography and positron emission tomography scans. The indications may vary across countries and different health systems, but there is a substantial agreement on performing staging laparoscopy in those patients needing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. It has been reported that the yield of staging laparoscopy ranges between 51.6–13.7%, confirming its importance in staging gastric cancer.

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  1. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Leonardo Solaini

  2. Department of General Surgery, G.B. Morgagni-L Pierantoni General Hospital, Forlì, Italy

    Leonardo Solaini

  3. Unit of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Luigi Marano

  4. Department of General Surgery, G.B. Morgagni-L. Pierantoni General Hospital, Forlì, Italy

    Paolo Morgagni

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Solaini, L., Marano, L., Morgagni, P. (2022). The Role of Staging Laparoscopy. In: de Manzoni, G., Roviello, F. (eds) Gastric Cancer: the 25-year R-Evolution. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73158-8_8

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