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Early gastric cancer (EGC) with 5-year survival rates exceeding 90% now accounts for nearly 50% of all gastric cancers treated at major institutions in Japan. D2 lymphadenectomy with resection of at least two-thirds of the stomach has been the mainstay of treatment for every stage of gastric cancer, including EGC. Post-gastrectomy syndrome is inevitable after surgery. Most of the symptoms resolve with time, though some patients suffer immensely for prolonged periods. Mucosal cancers rarely metastasize (3% or less). Surgeons have altered the traditional strategy for treatment which focused only on highly radical operations. The new strategy preserves patients' quality of life, while at the same time maintaining a high level of radicality, by employing a function-preserving operation which prevents post-gastrectomy syndrome. The Japanese gastric cancer treatment guidelines have standardized indications for the function-preserving surgery that is widely performed in Japan. There are various kinds of function-preserving operations, such as those reducing the extent of gastrectomy, and those providing nerve preservation, sphincter preservation, and formation of a neostomach. Evaluation of preserved function is not satisfactory, because there is no gold standard for measuring gastrointestinal motor function and patients' quality of life.
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Katai, H. Function-preserving surgery for gastric cancer. Int J Clin Oncol 11, 357–366 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-006-0613-2
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