Upgrading the definition of early gastric cancer: better staging means more appropriate treatment
Since Murakami defined early gastric cancer (EGC) as a "carcinoma limited to the gastric mucosa and/or submucosa regardless of the lymph node status", several authors have focused on the most influential histopathological parameters for predicting the development of lymph node metastases b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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China Anti-Cancer Association
2015-12-01
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Series: | Cancer Biology & Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.cancerbiomed.org/index.php/cocr/article/view/889 |