%0 Journal Article
%T Gastric Cancer Staging-Critical Analysis of the Lymph Node Involvement
%A Paulo Kassab
%A Carlos Alberto Malheiros
%J Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research
%D 2012
%I Thomson Research Publishing Group
%R 10.6051/j.issn.2224-3992.2012.01.043
%X The new 2009 UICC classification of lymph node involvement ingastric cancer, also adopted by the JGCA changed the number ofinvaded lymph nodes and also increased the number of stages from6 to 8. Although its usefulness in operated patients it not providean exact stage in non-operated patients and also does not stimulateadequate training and careful handling of the specimens.
%K Gastric cancer
%K Lymph nodes
%K Stage
%U http://www.ghrnet.org/index.php/joghr/article/view/66