NCIt related terms : Histologic Type (Lauren Classification);
NCIt definition : A classification scheme in which gastric adenocarcinomas are separated into diffuse
adenocarcinoma, intestinal type adenocarcinoma, mixed adenocarcinoma, or indeterminate
type adenocarcinoma.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: The Two Histological Main Types Of Gastric Carcinoma: Diffuse And So-Called
Intestinal-Type Carcinoma. An Attempt At A Histo-Clinical Classification. (LAUREN
P. THE TWO HISTOLOGICAL MAIN TYPES OF GASTRIC CARCINOMA: DIFFUSE AND SO-CALLED INTESTINAL-TYPE
CARCINOMA. AN ATTEMPT AT A HISTO-CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand.
1965;64:31-49.);