Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 211, Issue 3 , Pages 412-423 , September 2010

Laparoscopic Surgery for Cancer: A Systematic Review and a Way Forward

  • Eliane Angst, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Jonathan R. Hiatt, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Beat Gloor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Howard A. Reber, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • O. Joe Hines, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: O Joe Hines, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Ave, CHS 72-170, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6904

Received 22 November 2009 ,Revised 21 May 2010 ,Accepted 26 May 2010.

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 This work was supported by R21CA124609 (OJH), P01AT003960-01A1 (OJH), the Swiss National Science Foundation PBZHB-117008 (EA) and the Hirshberg Foundation.

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