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Preoperative gastric lavage in gastric cancer patients undergoing surgical, endoscopic or minimally invasive treatment: an oncological measure preventing peritoneal spillage of intragastric cancer cells and development of related metastases

In addition to classical metastatic pathways, recently gastric cancer was described having an alternative route
called “endoluminal exfoliation”. Provisional analyses demonstrated, in fact, this kind of shedding is associated
with several clinico-pathological features indicative of aggressive behavior and resulted to be an independent
prognostic factor entailing poor prognosis. Compared with non-sowing counterparts, in fact, patients affected
with exfoliating early and advanced gastric carcinomas met with shorter overall survival, disease free survival,

Utility of nasogastric tube for medical and surgical oncology of gastric cancer: a prospective institutional study on a new and precious application of an old and economic device

BACKGROUND/AIM:
Concerning gastric cancer (GC), nasogastric tube (NGT) is routinely employed for peri-operative decompression and palliative enteral nutrition. Additionally, we believe to have found a further application.

PATIENTS AND METHODS:
Between April 2012 and April 2017, 96 GC patients received preoperative nasogastric lavage (GL). All samples were cytologically examined to detect the presence (GL1) or absence (GL0) of malignant cells. Data were analyzed with classificatory, staging and prognostic purpose.

Surgical endoscopic vacuum-assisted closure therapy (EVAC) in treating anastomotic leakages after major resective surgery of esophageal and gastric cancer

Background/Aim: Endoscopic vacuum-assisted closure therapy (EVAC) is a promisingnew technique for repairing upper gastrointestinal defects of different etiologies. As of 2018, however, no standardized recommendation exists. This articlereviewed EVAC in treating anastomotic leakagefollowing major resective surgery of esophageal (EC) and gastric cancer(GC).Materials and Methods: Only English-language literature was investigated. Only studies or data on EC and GC were included.