The IGCA staging system is more accurate than AJCC7 system in stratifying survival of patients with gastric cancer in stage III

The IGCA staging system is more accurate than AJCC7 system in stratifying survival of patients with gastric cancer in stage III

Abstract Background A new staging system recently proposed by the IGCA has demonstrated a better capacity of stratifying different prognoses for gastric cancer than the 7th edition AJCC staging system (AJCC7). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the IGCA system in Chinese patients....

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Main Authors: Ping Shu, Jing Qin, Kuntang Shen, Weidong Chen, Fenglin Liu, Yong Fang, Xuefei Wang, Hongshan Wang, Zhenbin Shen, Yihong Sun, Xinyu Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Lymph node
TNM staging
Prognosis
Overall survival
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3235-3

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