Eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system: are we getting closer to the ideal classification for gastric cancer?

Karen Elizabeth Padilla-Leal^{1

2}, Heriberto Medina-Franco¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", Ciudad de México, México.
² Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud del Tecnológico de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.

Editorial

Karen Elizabeth Padilla-Leal et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;7(Suppl 1):S52.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.03.05.

Karen Elizabeth Padilla-Leal^{1

2}, Heriberto Medina-Franco¹

¹ Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", Ciudad de México, México.
² Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud del Tecnológico de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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