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The interpretation of biopsy specimens from clinically obvious carcinomas, whether they appear in early or advanced stages, does not usually present any great problem. However, it is sometimes extremely difficult to evaluate changes because of the limited amounts of tissue available when small specimens are taken from so-called “borderline lesions”, i.e., neoplasias that are difficult to define as benign or malignant even when complete (surgically removed), or when artifacts are present due to the sampling process. Here, we present the histological criteria (group classification) widely used for diagnosis of gastric carcinoma in Japan and discuss how to manage problematic cases as well as several changes easily mistaken for carcinoma in routine examinations.
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Kato, Y., Yanagisawa, A., Sugano, H. (1993). Biopsy Interpretation in Diagnosis of Gastric Carcinoma. In: Nishi, M., Ichikawa, H., Nakajima, T., Maruyama, K., Tahara, E. (eds) Gastric Cancer. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68328-5_10
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