Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines 2021 (6th edition)

🤖 Plain-English Summary

The sixth edition of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines was completed in July 2021, incorporating new evidence that emerged after publication of the previous edition. The clinical question part is based on the literature search and evaluation by an independent systematic review team.

🔑 Key Findings

• It consists of a text-based "Treatments" part and a "Clinical Questions" part including recommendations and explanations for clinical questions.
• The treatments parts include a comprehensive description regarding surgery, endoscopic resection and chemotherapy for gastric cancer.
• The clinical question part is based on the literature search and evaluation by an independent systematic review team.

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