Follow-up after gastrectomy for cancer: Results of an international web round table

Table 1 Official rules of web-based round tables launched in 2012

	Round table rules
1	The Web Round Table constitutes an open scientific debate for the participants of the 10th International Gastric Cancer Congress. The Web Round Tables have a specific interest in gastric cancer
2	Registration for the forum has the value of pre-registration to the Conference
3	All content for debate is moderated by a chairman. This is not a chat
4	Topics not related to the round table will not be published
5	Specific request for personal clinical issues will not be published
6	The roundtables are addressed to the scientific community and not to patients, who have to ask their family doctors
7	Improper or offensive statements will not be published
8	Debates involving only a few people will not be continued
9	Nobody will be forced to answer personal questions
10	Chairmen will be supported by co-chairmen for a better moderation

Table 2 Follow-up protocols proposed by the Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer

Level	Time (mo)
	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	42	48	54	60
Mild
Tumor markers		X		X		X		X		X		X	X	X	X	X
Abdominal ultrasound		X		X		X		X		X		X	X	X	X	X
Chest X-ray				X				X				X
Thoraco-abdominal CT
Endoscopy				X				X				X				X
Moderate
Tumor markers	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X	X
Abdominal ultrasound		X				X				X			X		X	X
Chest X-ray
Thoraco-abdominal CT				X				X				X		X
Endoscopy				X				X				X				X
Intensive
Tumor markers	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Abdominal ultrasound													X		X
Chest X-ray
Thoraco-abdominal CT		X		X		X		X		X		X		X		X
Endoscopy				X				X				X				X

Model is based on recurrence risk. The model to calculate the prognostic score can be downloaded from the website: http://www.gircg.it. Printed with permission from Marrelli D, Caruso S, Roviello F. Follow-up and treatment of recurrence. In: de Manzoni G, Roviello F, Siquini W, editors. Surgery in the Multimodal Management of Gastric Cancer, Springer-Verlag Italia 2012. CT: Computed tomography.