Identifying the optimal treatment strategy in patients with resectable non-cardia gastric cancer.

Background: Multimodal treatment strategy including perioperative chemotherapy (PEC), postoperative chemoradiation therapy (POCR), and postoperative chemotherapy (POC) has been accepted as the standard of care in gastric cancer (GC). The ideal sequence and type of therapy remain undetermined.

Method: The National Cancer Database was examined from 2006 to 2016 to identify patients with resectable non-cardia gastric cancer.

Leaks From the Tip of the J-pouch: Diagnosis, Management, and Long-term Pouch Survival.

Background: The standard of care for surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis is restorative proctocolectomy with ileal J-pouch. Leaks from the tip of the J-pouch are a known complication, but there is a paucity of literature regarding this type of leak.

Objective: We aimed to describe the diagnosis, management, and long-term clinical outcomes of leaks from the tip of the J-pouch at our institution.