For the first time, scientists have systematically analyzed somatic mutations in stomach lining tissue to unpick mutational ...

T1a means the tumour is within the inner layers of the stomach (the mucosa) T1b means the tumour has grown through the mucosa and into a layer of supportive tissue called the submucosa T2 means the ...

The study found that gastric cells in some individuals carried three copies of certain chromosomes, hinting toward exposure ...

Pathological staging means the doctor stages you after examining the tissue that the surgeon removes during ... Stage 2A means the cancer has grown into the inner, supportive or muscle layer of the ...

A new technique for growing three-dimensional human stomach tissue in vitro, reported last week (October 29) in Nature, may help to overcome this obstacle. Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s ...

Malignant tumour formation on one of the two layers of omentum, the tissue lining the abdominal cavity. The tumour has implanted via the peritoneal cavity, which is the space between these two tissues ...