label: Stage II Gastric Cancer AJCC v6
label_lc: stage ii gastric cancer ajcc v6
description: "Stage II includes: (T1, N2, M0), (T2a/b, N1, M0), (T3, N0, M0).  T1: Tumor invades lamina propria or submucosa. T2: Tumor invades muscularis propria or submucosa.  T2a: Tumor invades muscularis propria.  T2b: Tumor invades subserosa.  T3: Tumor penetrates serosa (visceral peritoneum) without invasion of adjacent structures. N1: Metastasis in 1 to 6 regional lymph nodes. Metastasis in 7 to 15 regional lymph nodes.  M0: No distant metastasis. (AJCC 6th ed.)"