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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Main Author: Luca Saragoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: China Anti-Cancer Association 2015-12-01
Series:Cancer Biology & Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.cancerbiomed.org/index.php/cocr/article/view/889