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Molecular diagnosis and therapy for occult peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer patients.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Dec 2014
Kagawa Shunsuke, Shigeyasu Kunitoshi, Ishida Michihiro, Watanabe Megumi, Tazawa Hiroshi, Nagasaka Takeshi, Shirakawa Yasuhiro, Fujiwara Toshiyoshi
Abstract excerpt
To apply an individualized oncological approach to gastric cancer patients, the accurate diagnosis of disease entities is required. Peritoneal metastasis is the most frequent mode of metastasis in gastric cancer, and the tumor-node-metastasis classification includes cytological detection of intraperitoneal cancer cells as part of the staging process, denoting metastatic disease. The accuracy of cytological...
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