Improvement of T stage precision by integration of surgical and pathological staging in radically resected stage pT3-pT4b gastric cancer

Abstract

Surgical T stage is a significant and independent prognostic index of overall survival (OS) in patients with radically resected advanced GC. Patients in the pT3/4a stage with sT4b cancers, are potentially underestimated, and should be considered higher stage in terms of prognostic.