Fig. 4From: Nomograms for predicting survival in patients with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma who undergo palliative gastrectomyPreoperative prognostic nomogram for metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma patients who undergo gastrectomy. Visceral metastasis is defined as distant metastasis other than positive distant lymph nodes, carcinomatosis, Krukenberg tumors (metastases to the ovaries), or malignant (tumor cell-positive) ascites. AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; NOS, not otherwise specified; LN, lymph nodeBack to article page