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"Crawling-type" adenocarcinoma of the stomach: a distinct entity preceding poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma.
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 1 Apr 2013
Okamoto Naoko, Kawachi Hiroshi, Yoshida Tatsuya, Kitagaki Keisuke, Sekine Masaki, Kojima Kazuyuki, Kawano Tatsuyuki, Eishi Yoshinobu
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BACKGROUND: Gastric "crawling-type" adenocarcinoma (CTAC) is a neoplasm histologically comprising irregularly fused glands with low-grade cellular atypia that tends to spread laterally in the mucosa. It is necessary to elucidate the clinicopathological characteristics of CTAC. METHODS: We evaluated 25 CTACs-16 intramucosal (M-) and 9 submucosal invasive (SM-) cancers-clinicopathologically and...
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