[Quality control for standard specimen processing after gastric cancer surgery]

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in China. Currently, the surgery-based procedure is still the most acceptable strategy for treating gastric cancer. As an important part of standardized management, appropriate specimen processing following surgery is receiving more and more attention across the world. With the release of guidelines and consensus on the specimens processing after gastric cancer surgery, several centers in China have started to follow this standard procedure. However, due to differences in understanding the consensus and the degree of surgery practice, the results are variable. This paper will focus on reviewing every aspect of the processing procedure, with the hope that the concept and skill involved can be popularized in clinical operations. Hopefully this will help promote the development of high-quality gastric cancer surgery in China.