Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Manuscript ID	11988
Country	Japan

Received	2014-06-16 19:43
Peer-Review Started	2014-06-16 22:09
To Make the First Decision	2014-07-10 17:28
Return for Revision	2014-07-17 22:36
Revised	2014-07-23 10:46
Second Decision	2014-11-21 12:14
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2014-11-30 20:04
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2014-12-01 13:52
Articles in Press	2014-12-01 13:52
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Therapeutics Advances
Article Title	Circumstance of endoscopic and laparoscopic treatments for gastric cancer in Japan: A review of epidemiological studies using a national administrative database
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Atsuhiko Murata and Shinya Matsuda
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Atsuhiko Murata, MD, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan. amurata@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
Key Words	Gastric cancer; Endoscopic submucosal dissection; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Diagnosis Pro-cedure Combination; Administrative database; Epide-miological studies
Core Tip	Currently, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) have become accepted for treatment of gastric cancer and increasingly played important roles on the treatments of gastric cancer in Japan. Using the database on national ad?ministrative database associated with the diagnosis procedure combination (DPC) system, the various studies with regards to ESD and LG for gastric cancer have been revealed. We herein describe the circumstance of ESD and LG for gastric cancer in Japan based on reports using Japanese administrative database associated in the DPC system in this review.
Publish Date	2015-02-12 10:27
Citation	Murata A, Matsuda S. Circumstance of endoscopic and laparoscopic treatments for gastric cancer in Japan: A review of epidemiological studies using a national administrative database. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2015; 7(2): 121-127
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v7/i2/121.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v7.i2.121

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