Prognostic factors for gastric cancer

Gastric cancer prognostic factors,namely the general clinical factors and pathologic factors,include sex,age,tumor site,tumor size,Borrmann classification,histologic classification,depth of invasion,lymphatic metastasis with metastatic ratio,number of negative lymph nodes,distant metastasis,TNM stage,and vascular invasion.In this paper,the authors address the research progress regarding the above prognostic factors for gastric cancer.