Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection was noninferior to open distal gastrectomy in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer, according to 5-year follow-up data published in JAMA Surgery.
“For advanced gastric cancer (AGC), laparoscopic gastrectomy is considered technically difficult owing to the large tumor size and lymph node metastasis. To