Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	6866
Country	Germany

Received	2013-10-29 16:48
Peer-Review Started	2013-10-30 19:29
To Make the First Decision	2013-12-16 17:32
Return for Revision	2013-12-17 19:40
Revised	2014-01-02 23:31
Second Decision	2014-02-17 16:46
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2014-02-17 16:59
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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Topic Highlights
Article Title	Treatment of early gastric cancer in the Western World
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Elfriede Bollschweiler, Felix Berlth, Christoph Baltin, Stefan Mönig and Arnulf H Hölscher
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Corresponding Author	Elfriede Bollschweiler, Professor, Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany. elfriede.bollschweiler@uk-koeln.de
Key Words	Gastric cancer; Early cancer; Epidemiology; Diagnosis; Therapy; Western World
Core Tip	Early gastric cancer is a challenging disease with varying lymph node infiltration. In the Western industrial countries the frequency of early gastric cancer is much lower than in Asian countries. Especially, carcinomas limited to the mucosa are rare in the West. Therefore the experience of endoscopic therapy or minimal invasive surgery is only in special centers available. Total or subtotal gastrectomy with D2-lymphadenectomy is the standard treatment for early gastric cancer with suspected lymph node metastases. Future studies including prediction of lymph node metastasis are necessary to optimize the therapy according to quality of life.
Publish Date	2014-05-18 12:31
Citation	Bollschweiler E, Berlth F, Baltin C, Mönig S, Hölscher AH. Treatment of early gastric cancer in the Western World. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(19): 5672-5678
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i19/5672.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5672

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