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[Obligatory and facultative measures in diagnosis and staging of stomach carcinoma]
B Rau1, M Hünerbein, P M Schlag
1Klinik für Chirurgie und Chirurgische Onkologie, Robert-Rössle-Klinik am Max Delbrück Zentrum, Universitätsklinikum Charitè, Berlin.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Kongress
|February 5, 1999
Abstract:
A differential therapeutic regimen in gastric cancer requires exact staging. Criteria for accurate staging include exact localization of the tumor, the tumor depth, as well as the definition of local spread (lymph node metastases) and distant metastases (liver metastases, peritoneal carcinosis). Endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound provide the most precise information concerning T-, N- and M-categories in preoperative staging.