Presence of cancer cells in gastric lavage of gastric cancer patients as an indicator of advanced disease, predictor of tumour aggressive phenotype and independent prognostic factor for poor survival: The endoluminal metastatic pathway of gastric cancer and GL0/GL1 classification.
Edoardo VirgilioE GiarnieriM R GiovagnoliM MontagniniA ProiettiR D'UrsoG NigriP MercantiniG RamacciatoM CavalliniG BalducciPublished in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2017)
In the present study, GL1 was correlated with advanced disease, aggressive tumour behaviour and poor prognosis. Although additional studies are needed to confirm these findings, the GL0/GL1 classification can be applied to GC patients to achieve higher accuracy in staging, prognostic stratification and treatment selection.