Gastrointestinal stromal tumor: A soft tissue sarcoma that grows in the connective tissue of the stomach.
Neuroendocrine Cancer: Neuroendocrine cancer, also known as carcinoid tumors, originates from the cells of the endocrine and nervous system of the gut.
What are the different stages of stomach cancer?
Stomach cancer is staged based on the degree of cancer cell growth and spread. Adenocarcinoma is initially evaluated by the tumor and nodal metastasis (TNM) system.
T: How deep has the tumor spread into the stomach wall?
N: Has stomach cancer spread to the lymph nodes?
B: Has stomach cancer spread to other parts of the body?
After considering the TNM staging information, the cancer is staged 0 or 1 to 4. Tumor stages are classified as follows.
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