Abstract
On January 29, 1881, in Vienna, Austria, Dr. Theodor Billroth performed the first successful operation for gastric cancer. Two previous attempts by other surgeons had resulted in early postoperative deaths; Dr. Billroth's patient survived the surgery but died a few months later from metastatic disease (1). Today surgeons are still challenged by similar obstacles in gastric cancer, notably the dismal result of incomplete resection.
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