Borrmann’s Macroscopic Criteria and p-Smad2 Expression Are Useful Predictive Prognostic Markers for Cytology-Positive Gastric Cancer Patients Without Overt Peritoneal Metastasis

摘要

Background All patients with peritoneal-free cancer cells (CY1) do not always develop a peritoneal recurrence (P1). The goal of this study was to identify characteristic features of peritoneal-free cancer cells that could develop into peritoneal recurrence.