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Problems in the N-classification of the new 1997 UICC TNM stage classification for gastric cancer: an analysis of over 10 years' outcome of Japanese patients.

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2003

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Yoshinori Nio, Kunihiro Yamasawa, Kazushige Yamaguchi, Masayuki Itakura, Hiroshi Omori, Makoto Koike, Yoshinori Kitamura, Munechika Tsuji, Shinichiro ENDO, Yasumasa Ogo,
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Abstract

The pN1 category should be subclassified into pN1a and pN1b. Furthermore, pN0 classification in pT1 should be required for a minimum of 6 examined nodes.