Open AccessLiver metastasis is the only independent prognostic factor in AFP-producing gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Shoji Hirajima
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i36.6055
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , gastroenterology , cancer , gastrectomy , lymphovascular invasion , pathology , oncology
To investigate differences between common gastric cancer and α-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing gastric cancer according to the presence or absence of liver metastasis.