Gastric cancer presents in the majority of cases at a locally advanced/metastatic stage. Initial investigations should be on the dyspepsia pathway. Multiple biopsies are necessary from any suspicious endoscopic lesions. Accurate staging and MDT assessment is essential for optimum patient selection for surgery. Endoscopic resection can now be recommended for very early lesions with good prognostic features. In gastrectomy, controversy exists across the world as to the extent of lymphadenectomy. This is discussed, as well as neoadjuvant and adjuvant oncological therapy.
Improving Patient Selection for 18F-FDG PET Scanning in the Staging of Gastric Cancer