Open AccessPredictive Factors for Local Recurrence and Incomplete Resection of Early Gastric Cancer Treated by Endoscopic Resection: A Western Experience
Author(s) -
Fábio Y. Hondo,
Fauze MalufFilho,
Humberto S. Kishi,
Ricardo S. Uemura,
Luciano Okawa,
Ivan Cecconello,
Paulo Sakai
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2009/986495
Subject(s) - medicine , submucosa , endoscopic mucosal resection , lesion , surgery , lymph node , retrospective cohort study , cancer , adenocarcinoma , endoscopy , gastroenterology
Early gastric cancer (EGC) is defined as adenocarcinoma limited to the mucosa or submucosa regardless of lymph node involvement. Local EGC recurrence rates have been described in up to 6% of cases.
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