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• Japan is a leader in screening for and treating gastric cancer - this title first publishes Japan’s newest research in English • Contributors are internationally recognized specialists with publications on gastrointestinal cancers in many high ranking medical journals from Europe and the USA • Michio Kaminishi was president of the 3rd International Conference of the ISGC
• Contributors are internationally known experts • Richly illustrated • Focuses on the differences of diagnostic methods between Japan and other countries by using endoscopic and pathologic pictures • For the first time, the Japanese progress in the field is published in English and made accessible to researchers worldwide
The first laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer was performed in Japan in 1991. In the ensuing 20 years, at first through a process of trial and error, then through the sharing of master surgeons’ accumulated experience, the procedure has been honed and refined to its current high level. From the beginning, it soon became evident that this much less invasive form of gastrectomy, in comparison with traditional open surgery, led to improved quality of life for postsurgical patients, and use of the procedure spread rapidly among gastric surgeons. Early on, however, there were calls for the establishment of standard techniques and procedures to be followed, with a recognized need...
This volume addresses the question of how knowledge of epigenetic phenomena like DNA methylation and acetylation can be applied to early cancer detection and risk assessment. The objectives of the papers include defining the terminology used in epigenetics.
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