Total gastrectomy

Upper gastric cancer is closer to the esophagus. For example, the upper margin of early gastric cancer tumors is less than 2 cm from the esophagus, invasive gastric cancer is less than 6 cm, and local gastric cancer is less than 4 cm.

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