The Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer (GIRCG) guidelines for gastric cancer staging and treatment: 2015

Gastric Cancer. 2017 Jan;20(1):20-30. doi: 10.1007/s10120-016-0615-3. Epub 2016 Jun 2.

Abstract

This article reports the guidelines for gastric cancer staging and treatment developed by the GIRCG, and contains comprehensive indications for clinical management, including radiological, endoscopic, surgical, pathological, and oncological paths.

Keywords: Chemotherapy; Eesophagus-gastric junction tumors; GIST; Gastric cancer; Guidelines; Lymphadenectomy; Palliation; Staging; Surgery.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Prognosis
  • Stomach Neoplasms / classification
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Time Factors