Role of splenectomy in proximal gastric cancer patients undergoing total gastrectomy

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Jun-Te Hsu et al. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016.

. 2016 Nov 23:1:84.

doi: 10.21037/tgh.2016.11.02. eCollection 2016.

¹ Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Splenectomy in Total Gastrectomy for Proximal Gastric Carcinoma.
Sano T, Sasako M, Mizusawa J, Yamamoto S, Katai H, Yoshikawa T, Nashimoto A, Ito S, Kaji M, Imamura H, Fukushima N, Fujitani K; Stomach Cancer Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group. Sano T, et al. Ann Surg. 2017 Feb;265(2):277-283. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001814. Ann Surg. 2017. PMID: 27280511 Clinical Trial.

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