Furukawa K, et al. - Researchers studied the effect of preoperative wait time on survival in cases with clinical stage (cStage) II/III gastric cancer in 467 male (67%) and 229 female (33%) subjects, with a median patient age of 67 years, from 2002 to 2012. Preoperative wait time was described as the time from endoscopy for initial diagnosis to surgery. They divided cases into 3 groups viz, short wait group (≤ 30 days), intermediate wait group (> 30 and ≤ 60 days), and long wait group (> 60 and ≤ 90 days). The body mass index was observed lower in the short wait group. No prognosis was related to wait time as preoperative wait time up to 90 days did not influence survival in cStage II/III gastric cancer cases.