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Predictive factors for lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer |
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| Authors: | Sung Chang-Mu Hsu Chen-Ming Hsu Jun-Te Yeh Ta-Sen Lin Chun-Jung Chen Tse-Ching Su Ming-Yao Chiu Cheng-Tang |
| Affiliation: | Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, China. |
| Abstract: | AIM: To analyze the predictive factors for lymph node metastasis (LNM) in early gastric cancer (EGC). METHODS: Data from patients surgically treated for gastric cancers between January 1994 and December 2007 were retrospectively collected. Clinicopathological factors were analyzed to identify predictive factors for LNM. RESULTS: Of the 2936 patients who underwent gas-trectomy and lymph node dissection, 556 were diag-nosed with EGC and included in this study. Among these, 4.1% of patients had mucosal tumors ... |
| Keywords: | Early gastric cancer Lymph node metastasis Endoscopic treatment Endoscopic submucosa dissection Depth of tumor invasion |
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