Sung H, Ferlay J, Siegel RL et al (2021) Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries. CA Cancer J Clin 71(3):209–249. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21660

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Camargo MC, Anderson WF, King JB et al (2011) Divergent trends for gastric cancer incidence by anatomical subsite in US adults. Gut 60(12):1644–1649. https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2010.236737

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Anderson WF, Rabkin CS, Turner N, Fraumeni JF, Rosenberg PS, Camargo MC (2018) The changing face of noncardia gastric cancer incidence among US non-Hispanic whites. J Natl Cancer Inst 110(6):608–615. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djx262

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Arnold M, Rutherford MJ, Bardot A et al (2019) Progress in cancer survival, mortality, and incidence in seven high-income countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2): a population-based study. Lancet Oncol 20(11):1493–1505. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30456-5

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Coburn NG, Swallow CJ, Kiss A, Law C (2006) Significant regional variation in adequacy of lymph node assessment and survival in gastric cancer. Cancer 107(9):2143–2151. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.22229

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Aoyama T, Komori K, Tamagawa A, et al (2022) Clinical influence of the lymph node ratio on lymph node metastasis-positive gastric cancer patients who receive curative treatment in vivo. 36(2):994-1000. https://doi.org/10.21873/invivo.12792

Guadagni S, Catarci M, Kinoshitá T, Valenti M, De Bernardinis G, Carboni M (1997) Causes of death and recurrence after surgery for early gastric cancer. World J Surg 21(4):434–439. https://doi.org/10.1007/pl00012266

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Sarela AI, Turnbull AD, Coit DG, Klimstra D, Brennan MF, Karpeh MS (2003) Accurate lymph node staging is of greater prognostic importance than subclassification of the T2 category for gastric adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 10(7):783–791. https://doi.org/10.1245/aso.2003.09.009

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Hochwald SN, Kim S, Klimstra DS, Brennan MF, Karpeh MS (2000) Analysis of 154 actual five-year survivors of gastric cancer. J Gastrointest Surg 4(5):520–525. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1091-255x(00)80095-5

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Ajani JA, D’Amico TA, Bentrem DJ et al (2022) Gastric Cancer, Version 2.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 20(2):167–192. https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2022.0008

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Xiao J, Shen K, Fan H et al (2023) Prognostic Value of Tumor Size in Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study Based on SEER Database. Int J Surg Pathol 31(7):1273–1282. https://doi.org/10.1177/10668969231152578

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Saito H, Osaki T, Murakami D et al (2006) Macroscopic tumor size as a simple prognostic indicator in patients with gastric cancer. Am J Surg 192(3):296–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.03.004

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Wang HM, Huang CM, Zheng CH et al (2012) Tumor size as a prognostic factor in patients with advanced gastric cancer in the lower third of the stomach. World J Gastroenterol 18(38):5470–5475. https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i38.5470

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Zhou Y, Cui JG, Huang F et al (2017) Prognostic factors for survival in node-negative gastric cancer patients who underwent curative resection. Scand J Surg 106(3):235–240. https://doi.org/10.1177/1457496916677878

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Yokota T, Ishiyama S, Saito T et al (2002) Is tumor size a prognostic indicator for gastric carcinoma? Anticancer Res 22(6B):3673–3677

PubMed  Google Scholar 

Zu H, Wang F, Ma Y, Xue Y (2013) Stage-stratified analysis of prognostic significance of tumor size in patients with gastric cancer. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54502. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054502

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Deng J, Zhang R, Pan Y et al (2015) Tumor size as a recommendable variable for accuracy of the prognostic prediction of gastric cancer: a retrospective analysis of 1,521 patients. Ann Surg Oncol 22(2):565–572. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-014-4014-x

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Yamamura Y, Nakajima T, Ohta K et al (2002) Determining prognostic factors for gastric cancer using the regression tree method. Gastric Cancer 5(4):201–207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s101200200035

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Xu M, Huang CM, Zheng CH et al (2014) Does tumor size improve the accuracy of prognostic predictions in node-negative gastric cancer (pT1-4aN0M0 Stage)? PLoS ONE 9(7):e101061. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101061

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar