The article presents the author's views on laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy (LATG) as a invasive surgical modality for upper third EGC with reference to various papers. A paper by S.W. Lee and colleagues compared the surgical outcomes of LATG with outcomes of laparoscopy assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG). Another paper by N. Wada and colleagues investigated the short-term outcomes numerous LATG cases.