title: [Is the Lauren classification an independent parameter for the prognostic evaluation of surgically treated gastric cancer patients? Analysis of a case series].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" di Roma, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Chirurgia B.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Midiri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eleuteri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giarnieri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Giovan Paolo
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: De Francesco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luzzatto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maceratini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Angelini
mesh_terms: 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