The incidence of gastric carcinoma is declining, but this form of cancer is still the fourth most common cause of malignancy world-wide and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths. This book is structured in eleven chapters, written by acknowledged experts in the field of gastric cancer and includes the most interesting topics including surgical anatomy, clinical staging, analysis of prognostic factors in early and advanced stages, sentinel node biopsy results, surgical standard, laparoscopic and robotic techniques of gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy, perioperative and postoperative complications, neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies and preoperative, perioperative and postoperative nutrition. This book is proposed to be useful both for surgeons in training and experienced surgeons for its completeness and actuality of the treated topics.