The majority of newly diagnosed patients with gastric cancer have disease that is not resectable because of local extension or metastatic (M1) disease. Laparoscopy is a recommended staging evaluation to identify occult peritoneal metastatic disease. We determined if endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) could improve the selection of patients for laparoscopy.
Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and the Department of Medicine, Weil Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
