Gastric adenocarcinoma remains an aggressive and poorly understood malignancy with a
heterogeneous presentation and tumor biology. The current histologic and anatomic …

Background Linitis plastica due to gastric adenocarcinoma is a condition with a long history,
but still lacks a standardized definition and is commonly confused with Borrmann type IV …

Background The incidence of gastric poorly cohesive carcinoma (PCC) is increasing. The
prognosis for patients with peritoneal metastases remains poor and the role of cytoreductive …

Background The prognosis of patients with linitis plastica (LP) gastric cancer is reported to
be poor. The purpose of our retrospective study was to characterize the clinicopathologic …

The value of endoscopic ultrasound‑guided fine‑needle aspiration (EUS‑FNA) biopsy in the
gastric linitis plastica (GLP) with negative malignant endoscopy biopsies was investigated …

Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third cause of cancer-related
deaths worldwide. In western countries, more than half of GC patients are diagnosed at …

Background Radical gastrectomy is the cornerstone of the treatment of locally advanced
gastric cancer. This study was designed to evaluate factors associated with a tumor-positive …

Background There is no consensual definition for gastric linitis plastica (GLP). We aim to
construct a diagnostic score to distinguish this rare tumor from usual gastric …

Regionality is an important theme when it comes to the surgical management of gastric
cancer. Not only does the location of gastric cancer and its extent of spread dictate the …

Background Gastric cancer (GC) is associated with poor survival despite curative-intent
surgical resection and systemic therapy. Our objective is to examine the impact of histology …