Carcinoma of the gastric remnant after partial gastrectomy for benign disease or cancer is unusual but an important cancer model. The Japanese Society for the Study of Postoperative Morbidity after Gastrectomy (JSSPMG) performed a nationwide questionnaire survey to understand the current state of gastric stump carcinoma in Japan.
Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical College, 17-2, Daigaku-Machi, Takatsuki City, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan. sur001@poh.osaka-med.ac.jp