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**Poor prognosis - like in breast cancer. | **Poor prognosis - like in breast cancer. | ||
**Scoring system different than in breast cancer - complete membrane staining is not required. | **Scoring system different than in breast cancer - complete membrane staining is not required. | ||
==Staging== | |||
*Sixteen (or more) lymph nodes should be assessed (as per the 7th Ed. of the UICC/AJCC staging).<ref name=pmid24744586>{{Cite journal | last1 = Deng | first1 = JY. | last2 = Liang | first2 = H. | title = Clinical significance of lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer. | journal = World J Gastroenterol | volume = 20 | issue = 14 | pages = 3967-75 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v20.i14.3967 | PMID = 24744586 }}</ref> | |||
**The 5th Ed. of the UICC/AJCC staging manual stated 15 lymph nodes.<ref name=pmid24744586/> | |||
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