[Is the Lauren classification an independent parameter for the prognostic evaluation of surgically treated gastric cancer patients? Analysis of a case series].
The Authors highlight the efficacy of the Lauren's classification in 28 surgically treated gastric cancer patients. Lauren's classification allows a prognostic evaluation corresponding to the effective gastric cancer natural history. Present histo-morphological classification criteria appear not to coincide with the clinical evolution; as a matter of fact over- or understaging is possible in gastric cancer patients. 64,28% of the Lauren's classification intestinal type patients survive after a four year follow up vs. 42,85% of the diffuse type patients. The Authors discuss about new biomolecular knowledge in gastric cancer oncogenesis.
Midiri
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G
Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" di Roma, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Chirurgia B.
Eleuteri
E
E
Coppola
M
M
Giarnieri
E
E
Marino
G
G
Di Giovan Paolo
M
M
De Francesco
G P
GP
Luzzatto
L
L
Maceratini
R
R
Angelini
L
L
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery