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ArticleUpdates in surgery2020

Consensus statement of the Hellenic and Cypriot Gastric Cancer Study Group on the diagnosis, staging and management of gastric cancer.

Gerasimos N Douridas, Andreas Fountoulakis, John Souglakos, Sofia Gourtsoyianni, Louiza Vini, Georgia Levidou, Theodoros Liakakos, Christos Agalianos, Christos Dervenis, Maria Angeliki Kalogeridi and 12 more

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22 authors at 15 institutions in 2 countries.

Gerasimos N DouridasDepartment of General Surgery, Thriassion General Hospital, Athens, Greece. makissurgeon@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8573-7743
Andreas FountoulakisDepartment of General Surgery, Iatriko Medical Center, Athens, Greece.
John SouglakosDepartment of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Sofia GourtsoyianniDepartment of Radiology, Areteio University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Louiza ViniDepartment of Radiotherapy, Iatriko Medical Center, Athens, Greece.
Georgia LevidouHumanPathologie, Erlangen, Germany.
Theodoros Liakakos1st Department of General Surgery, Laikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Christos Agalianos1st Department of General Surgery, Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Christos DervenisGeneral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Maria Angeliki KalogeridiDepartment of Radiotherapy, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis Karavokyros1st Department of General Surgery, Laikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Anna KoumarianouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Panteleimon KountourakisOncology Centre of Bank of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Georgios OikonomopoulosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Metropolitan Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Panagiota EconomopoulouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Joseph SgourosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Agioi Anargyroi Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Spiros N SgourosDepartment of Gastroenterology, Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos StamouDepartment of General Surgery, Ygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Charikleia TriantopoulouDepartment of Radiology, Konstandopouleion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios ZacharoulisDepartment of General Surgery, University Hospital, Larissa, Greece.
Nikolaos GouvasDepartment of General Surgery, Medical School, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Evangelos XynosDepartment of General Surgery, Creta Interclinic Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Athens Medical Center · GRAthens Naval & Veterans Hospital · GRUniversity General Hospital Attikon · GRAlexandra Hospital · GRAretaeio Hospital · GRBank of Cyprus Oncology Center · CYHospital Agioi Anargyroi · GRHygeia Hospital · GRMetropolitan Hospital · GRPolyclinic General Hospital · GRThriasio General Hospital of Elefsina · GRUniversity Hospital of Heraklion · GRUniversity Hospital of Larissa · GRUniversity of Cyprus · CYUniversity of Nicosia · CY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric Cancer epidemics have changed over recent decades, declining in incidence, shifting from distal to proximal location, transforming from intestinal to diffuse histology. Novel chemotherapeutic agents combined with modern surgical operations hardly changed overall disease related survival. This may be attributed to a substantial inherent geographical variation of disease genetics, but also to a failure to standardize and implement treatment protocols in clinical practice. To overcome these drawbacks in Greece and Cyprus, a Gastric Cancer Study Group under the auspices of the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (HeSMO) and Gastrointestinal Cancer Study Group (GIC-SG) merged their efforts to produce a consensus considering ethnic parameters of healthcare system and the international proposals as well. Utilizing structured meetings of experts, a consensus was reached. To achieve further consensus, statements were subjected to the Delphi methodology by invited multidisciplinary national and international experts. Sentences were considered of high or low consensus if they were voted by ≥ 80%, or < 80%, respectively; those obtaining a low consensus level after both voting rounds were rejected. Forty-five statements were developed and voted by 71 experts. The median rate of abstention per statement was 9.9% (range: 0-53.5%). At the end of the process, one statement was rejected, another revised, and all the remaining achieved a high consensus. Forty-four recommendations covering all aspects of the management of gastric cancer and concise treatment algorithms are proposed by the Hellenic and Cypriot Gastric Cancer Study Group. The importance of centralization, care by a multidisciplinary team, adherence to guidelines, and individualization are emphasized.

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HumansNeoplasm StagingStomach NeoplasmsCyprusGastric cancerGreeceGuidelines

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