Proposal of a new stage grouping of gastric cancer for TNM classification: International Gastric Cancer Association staging project

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 217-225

  Sano, Takeshi ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^b   Kim, Hyung Ho ^c   Roviello, Franco ^d   Kassab, Paulo ^e   Wittekind, Christian ^f   Yamamoto, Yuko ^g   Ohashi, Yasuo ^g  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g Japan Clinical Research Support Unit   (Japan)

Author keywords

AJCC; Gastric cancer; Stage grouping; TNM classifications; UICC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN WORLD; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY; STANDARDS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR INVASION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958776611     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: 14363305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-016-0601-9     Document Type: Article

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