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Practice Guideline
. 2020 Dec 18;33(3):e1535.
doi: 10.1590/0102-672020200003e1535. eCollection 2020.

BRAZILIAN GASTRIC CANCER ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES (PART 1): AN UPDATE ON DIAGNOSIS, STAGING, ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Leandro Cardoso Barchi  1   2 , Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos  1 , Osmar Kenji Yagi  1 , Donato Roberto Mucerino  1 , Claudio José Caldas Bresciani  1 , Ulysses Ribeiro JÚnior  1 , Nelson Adami Andreollo  3 , Paulo Pimentel AssumpÇÃo  4 , Antônio Carlos Weston  5 , Ramiro Colleoni Neto  6 , Bruno Zilberstein  1   2 ; Consensus members; Álvaro Antônio Bandeira Ferraz, Amir Zeide Charruf, André Roncon Dias, André Brandalise, André Maciel da Silva, Barlon Alves, Carlos Alberto Malheiros, Carlos Augusto Martinez Marins, Celso Vieira Leite, Daniel Szor, Durval R Wohnrath, Elias Jirjoss Ilias, Euclides Dias Martins Filho, Fabio Pinatel Lopasso, Felipe José Fernandez Coimbra, Fernando E Cruz Felippe, Flávio Daniel Saavedra Tomasisch, Flavio Roberto Takeda, Geraldo Ishak, Gustavo Andreazza Laporte, Herbeth José Toledo Silva, Ivan Cecconello, Joaquim José Gama Rodrigues, José Carlos Del Grande, Laércio Gomes Lourenço, Leonardo Milhomem da Motta, Leonardo Rocha Ferraz, Luis Fernando Moreira, Luis Roberto Lopes, Marcelo Garcia Toneto, Marcelo Mester, Marco Antônio Gonçalves Rodrigues, Marineide Prudêncio de Carvalho, Maurice Youssef Franciss, Nora Manoukian Forones, Oly Campos Corletta, Osvaldo Antonio Prado Castro, Osvaldo Malafaia, Paulo Kassab, Paulo Roberto Savassi-Rocha, Rodrigo Jose de Oliveira, Rubens Antonio Aissar Sallun, Rui Weschenfelder, Saint Clair Vieira de Oliveira, Thiago Boechat de Abreu, Tiago Biachi de Castria, Williams Barra, Wilson Luiz da Costa Júnior, Wilson Rodrigues de Freitas Júnior
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Practice Guideline

BRAZILIAN GASTRIC CANCER ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES (PART 1): AN UPDATE ON DIAGNOSIS, STAGING, ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Leandro Cardoso Barchi et al. Arq Bras Cir Dig. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Background: The II Brazilian Consensus on Gastric Cancer by the Brazilian Gastric Cancer Association (ABCG) was recently published. On this occasion, several experts in gastric cancer expressed their opinion before the statements presented.

Aim: To present the ABCG Guidelines (part 1) regarding the diagnosis, staging, endoscopic treatment and follow-up of gastric cancer patients.

Methods: To forge these Guidelines, the authors carried out an extensive and current review regarding each statement present in the II Consensus, using the Medline/PubMed, Cochrane Library and SciELO databases with the following descriptors: gastric cancer, staging, endoscopic treatment and follow-up. In addition, each statement was classified according to the level of evidence and degree of recommendation.

Results: Of the 24 statements, two (8.3%) were classified with level of evidence A, 11 (45.8%) with B and 11 (45.8%) with C. As for the degree of recommendation, six (25%) statements obtained grade of recommendation 1, nine (37.5%) recommendation 2a, six (25%) 2b and three (12.5%) grade 3.

Conclusion: The guidelines presented here are intended to assist professionals working in the fight against gastric cancer with relevant and current information, granting them to be applied in the daily medical practice.

Racional:: O II Consenso Brasileiro de Câncer Gástrico da Associação Brasileira de Câncer Gástrico (ABCG) foi recentemente publicado. Nesta ocasião, inúmeros especialistas que atuam no tratamento desta doença expressaram sua opinião diante declarações apresentadas.

Objetivo:: Apresentar as Diretrizes da ABCG (Parte 1) quanto ao diagnóstico, estadiamento, tratamento endoscópico e seguimento dos pacientes com câncer gástrico.

Métodos:: Para formulação destas Diretrizes os autores realizaram extensa e atual revisão referente a cada declaração presente no II Consenso, utilizando as bases Medline/PubMed, Cochrane Library e SciELO com os seguintes descritores: câncer gástrico, estadiamento, tratamento endoscópico e seguimento. Ainda, cada declaração foi classificada de acordo com o nível de evidência e grau de recomendação.

Resultados:: Das 24 declarações, duas (8,3%) foram classificadas com nível de evidência A, 11 (45,8%) B e 11 (45,8%) C. Quanto ao grau de recomendação, seis (25%) declarações obtiveram grau de recomendação 1, nove (37,5%) grau 2a, seis (25%) 2b e três (12,5%) 3.

Conclusão:: As diretrizes aqui presentes têm a finalidade de auxiliar os profissionais que atuam no combate ao câncer gástrico com informações relevantes e atuais, permitindo que sejam aplicadas na prática médica diária.

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