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The 5-year survival rate of early gastric cancer (EGC) is 85-100% after "curative" resection, as compared to 20-30% in advanced gastric cancer (AGC). Because of this relatively high cure rate, the interest in the diagnosis and therapy of EGC has been steadily increasing. The present study, based on 60 EGCs, in a single-institution, is aimed at critical evaluating the diagnostic procedures and surgical options.
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Surgical Oncology Department, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO), Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via Pedemontana Occidentale 12, 33081 Aviano PN, Italy. rsigon.@cro.it
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