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Volume 2, Number 5, October 2009, pages 253-258

The Evolution in the Management of Gastric Lymphoma

Table

Table 1. Staging Classification from the Fifth International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma (1993)
 
StageDefinition
Itumor confined to gastrointestinal tract
IItumor extending into abdomen from primary site
II1local nodal involvement (perigastric)
II2distal nodal involvement (para-aortic or paracaval)
IIEpenetration of serosa to involve adjacent organs
IVdisseminated disease or supradiaphragmatic nodal involvement