RT Journal A1 Easter D, Thompson K T1 ACtual 3-year survival after laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer—invited critique JF Archives of Surgery JO Archives of Surgery YR 2009 FD June 1 VO 144 IS 6 SP 565 OP 565 DO 10.1001/archsurg.2009.79 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2009.79 AB In their large series of nonobese patients with clinically staged early gastric cancer, no patient had preoperative evidence of lymph node disease or distant metastases. Their approach includes an aggressive approach to lymph node retrieval for T2 lesions.