Minimally invasive surgery for upper gastrointestinal cancer: Our experience and review of the literature

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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2016; 22(19): 4626-4637
Published online May 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i19.4626

Table 1 Ongoing randomised controlled trials on laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer

	JLSSG0901	KLASS02	CLASS01
Country	Japan	Korea	China
Start year	2010	2011	2012
Phase	II/III	III	III
Intervention	LDG vs ODG	LDG vs ODG	LDG vs ODG
Inclusion criteria	cT2-4a	cT2-4a	cT2-4a
Inclusion criteria	cN0-2 (except bulky N2)	cN0/1	cN0-3 (except bulky LN)
Sample size	II:180, III:500	1050	1056
Primary endpoint	II: morbidity	3-year RFS	3-year RFS
Primary endpoint	III: 3-year RFS	3-year RFS	3-year RFS

JLSSG: Japanese Laparoscopic Surgery Study Group; KLASS: Korean Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study; CLASS: Chinese Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study; LDG: Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy; ODG: Open distal gastrectomy; LN: Lymph node; RFS: Relapse-free survival.

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Citation: Suda K, Nakauchi M, Inaba K, Ishida Y, Uyama I. Minimally invasive surgery for upper gastrointestinal cancer: Our experience and review of the literature. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(19): 4626-4637
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i19/4626.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i19.4626