In this focused issue, Global Trends in the Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer, we present original articles, reviews of literature and expert opinions by international experts covering a spectrum of key topics from changing guidelines in multimodality management, update on D2 lymphadenectomy, utility of enhanced recovery after surgery, technical considerations in robotic gastrectomy, and clinical trial outcomes. In sum, they provide insight into the concepts that are setting the global trends in GC care worldwide toward opti-mization of GC patient outcomes.
Editorial
Global trends in the surgical management of gastric cancer
Review Article
Multimodality management of locally advanced gastric cancer—the timing and extent of surgery
Significance of nodal dissection and nodal positivity in gastric cancer
The evolving role of radiation therapy for resectable and unresec-table gastric cancer
Clinical and molecular prognostic markers of survival after sur-gery for gastric cancer: tumor-node-metastasis staging system and beyond
Surgical management of metastatic gastric cancer: moving beyond the guidelines
Checkpoint inhibition in advanced gastroesophageal cancer: clini-cal trial data, molecular subtyping, predictive biomarkers, and the potential of combination therapies
Assessment of body composition and impact of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in patients with gastric cancer
Minimally invasive approaches for early gastric cancer in East Asia: current status and future perspective
Original Article
Modular step-up approach to robot-assisted transthoracic esoph-agectomy—experience of a German high volume center
Review Article
Enhanced recovery after surgery for gastric cancer (ERAS-GC): optimizing patient outcome
Functional and nutritional outcomes after gastric cancer surgery
Genetics of gastric cancer: what do we know about the genetic risks?
Disclosure:
The series “Global Trends in The Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer” was commissioned by the editorial office, Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology without any sponsorship or funding. Yanghee Woo, Taeil Son and Kazutaka Obama served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.
The series “Global Trends in The Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer” was commissioned by the editorial office, Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology without any sponsorship or funding. Yanghee Woo, Taeil Son and Kazutaka Obama served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.