SCIENTIFIC AGENDA

Session VII: Gastric cancer
Chairs: Alfredo Carrato, MD, PhD and Cornelis J. Van de Velde, MD, PhD

Introduction: Do GE junction tumors need a different approach from gastric and esophageal cancer? How extensive should surgery be?
Alfredo Carrato, MD, PhD and Cornelis J. Van de Velde, MD, PhD

Debate 3: What is standard treatment for resectable gastric cancer?

Cases
Guy Berchem, MD

Surgery alone
John W. Fielding, MD

Perioperative chemotherapy
David Cunningham, MD, FRCP

Surgery plus postoperative chemoradiotherapy
John S. Macdonald, MD

Summary
Cornelis J. Van de Velde, MD, PhD

Treatment of advanced gastric cancer
Stefano Cascinu, MD