Clinical evidence for three distinct gastric cancer subtypes: time for a new approach.

Clinical evidence for three distinct gastric cancer subtypes: time for a new approach.

BACKGROUND: Recently, a new classification for gastric cancer (GC) has been proposed, based on Lauren's histology and on anatomic tumour location, identifying three subtypes of disease: type 1 (proximal non diffuse GC), type 2 (diffuse GC) and type 3 (distal non diffuse GC). Aim of our analysis...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Bittoni, Mario Scartozzi, Riccardo Giampieri, Luca Faloppi, Maristella Bianconi, Alessandra Mandolesi, Michela Del Prete, Mirco Pistelli, Luca Cecchini, Italo Bearzi, Stefano Cascinu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827058?pdf=render

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