Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide and it is the fourth
leading cause of cancer-related death. GC is a multifactorial disease, where both …

Gastric cancer (GC) is defined as the primary epithelial malignancy derived from the
stomach, and it is a complicated and heterogeneous disease with multiple risk factors …

Background Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been increasingly used in the treatment of
gastric cancer (GC). Laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) has shown several advantages over …

Lymph nodes (LNs) are important hubs for metastatic cell arrest and growth, immune
modulation, and secondary dissemination to distant sites through a series of mechanisms …

The stomach exhibits abundant lymphatic flow, and metastasis to lymph nodes is common.
In the case of gastric cancer, there is a regularity to the spread of lymph node metastasis …

Background Early gastric cancer (EGC) is invasive gastric cancer that invades no deeper
than the submucosa, regardless of lymph node metastasis (LNM). It is mainly treated by …

Background The presence of lymph node metastasis plays a decisive role in the selection of
treatment options in patients with early gastric cancer. However, there is currently no …

Objective This study aimed to establish the best early gastric cancer lymph node metastasis
(LNM) prediction model through machine learning (ML) to better guide clinical diagnosis …

Background To develop and validate a radiomics method via integrating tumor and lymph
node radiomics for the preoperative prediction of lymph node (LN) status in gastric cancer …

There are differences in the diagnoses of superficial gastric lesions between Japan and
other countries. In Japan, superficial gastric lesions are classified as adenoma or cancer …