%0 Journal Article %T Molecular classification of gastric cancer %A Kouros-Mehr, Hosein %A Whittington, Catherine F. %J Translational Gastrointestinal Cancer %D 2014 %B 2014 %9 %! Molecular classification of gastric cancer %K %X Gastric cancer is the world’s third leading cause of cancer mortality and the most common cancer diagnosed in men in Japan (1). Clinical work-up of gastric cancer relies in part on imaging modalities, including endoscopic ultrasound and CT/PET, and pathologic analysis of tumor biopsies. Gastric cancer is clinically classified as early or advanced stage, with early disease confined to mucosa/submucosa and advanced carcinoma invading into muscularis propria and beyond (2). %U https://tgc.amegroups.com/article/view/5004 %V 4 %N 2 %P 112-114