Figure 1From: Clinical utility of perioperative staging laparoscopy for advanced gastric cancerDistribution of gastric cancer patients diagnosed by staging laparoscopy. After the staging laparoscopy, 178 patients were divided into chemotherapy (n =76) and R0 gastrectomy (n =102) groups according to peritoneal dissemination and cytology status. Of 76 patients who received chemotherapy, eight underwent second-look laparoscopy and R0 gastrectomy.Back to article page