摘要：GASTRIC CANCER (CRC) REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CANCERS WORLDWIDE.THE TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR GASTRIC TUMORS HAS CHANGED DURING THE LAST DECADES WITH THE USE OF MOLECULAR PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AND ADEQUATE COMBINATION THERAPIES.CURATIVE THERAPY INVOLVES SURGICAL RESECTION, MOST COMMONLY REPRESENTED BY A TOTAL OR SUBTOTAL GASTRECTOMY WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LYMPHADENECTOMY.MANY STUDIES HAVE INVESTIGATED THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN GASTRIC CANCER AND PATIENT DATA, DISEASE SPECIFIC CRITERIA, AND OVERALL OUTCOME.IDENTIFYING PREDICTIVE AND PROGNOSTIC MARKERS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO IMPROVE CURRENT TREATMENT APPROACHES AND TO EXTEND SURVIVAL.THEREFORE, WE RETROSPECTIVELY ANALYZED THE CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE SURVIVAL RATE OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC CANCER.
