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REVIEW article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Gastrointestinal Cancers: Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1457564

Current status of evaluation and treatment of early-stage remnant gastric cancer

Provisionally accepted
Yinghui Huang Yinghui Huang Li Ma Li Ma Keyu Ren Keyu Ren Qun Gao Qun Gao Zhenming Zhu Zhenming Zhu Guangrong Wang Guangrong Wang Bin Cao Bin Cao Baoguo He Baoguo He *
  • The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

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    Because of early diagnosis and improved prognosis, patients with gastric cancer are now surviving longer and remnant gastric cancer after gastrectomy is becoming more common. Remnant gastric cancer is traditionally considered a malignancy with a dismal outcome. However, recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies have improved outcomes. In recent years, the development of endoscopic therapy has provided us with new therapeutic ideas. Although with some drawbacks, such as limited working space, gastric fibrosis and staples under the suture line, endoscopic management is still an effective treatment option with potential long-term survival advantage. For gastrectomy patients, endoscopic surveillance should also be recommended, for prompt surveillance and detection in the early remnant gastric cancer. This review aims to provide an overview of remnant gastric cancer, especially focusing on its pathogenesis as well as new advances in the diagnosis and endoscopic treatment of early-stage remnant gastric cancer.

    Keywords: Remnant gastric cancer, Early Gastric Cancer, Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, Duodenogastric Reflux, endoscopic surveillance, Subtotal gastrectomy

    Received: 01 Jul 2024; Accepted: 28 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Huang, Ma, Ren, Gao, Zhu, Wang, Cao and He. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Baoguo He, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

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