About this Research Topic
Although several modifications in the past years have improved its predictive ability, the AJCC staging system is not perfect for the prognosis prediction. In addition to the invasion extent of primary tumor, lymph node status, and distant spread, many clinicopathological factors have been shown to impact on the prognosis of GI cancers, such as microenvironmental markers, treatment effect, gene mutations and circulating biomarkers. Therefore, this research topic focuses on the staging and prognosis prediction of different clinicopathological factors in GI cancers.
We welcome original research articles, short communications, and review articles covering, but not limited to, the following topics:
• The refinement of GI cancer staging system
• Prognostic predictionbased on GI cancer staging
• Survival analyses of clinicopathological factors in GI cancers
• Treatment choices in GI cancers.
Keywords: clinicopathological, prognosis, GI cancers, Biomarkers, AJCC
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