Diagnostic accuracy of the gastric cancer T-category with respect to tumor localization.
Kenji NanishiKatsutoshi ShodaTakeshi KubotaToshiyuki KosugaHirotaka KonishiAtsushi ShiozakiHitoshi FujiwaraKazuma OkamotoEigo OtsujiPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2020)
Patients with clinically diagnosed EGC but with pathologically diagnosed AGC more frequently presented tumor in the UM-PL than in any other location. Selection of therapeutic strategy according to the clinical diagnosis might be critical; however, it should be also considered that the accuracy of preoperative assessments varies with tumor localization.
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