Open AccessFeasibility study on expanded indication for endoscopic submucosal dissection of intramucosal poorly differentiated early gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Hua Li,
Zhibin Huo,
Shubo Chen,
Hui Li,
Dianchao Wu,
Tongshan Zhai,
Qihai Xiao,
Shuxia Wang,
Lili Zhang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v22.i29.6736
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , gastroenterology , signet ring cell carcinoma , lymphovascular invasion , univariate analysis , cancer , signet ring cell , confidence interval , multivariate analysis , metastasis , pathology , adenocarcinoma
To identify clinicopathological factors predictive of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in intramucosal poorly differentiated early gastric cancer (EGC), and further to expand the possibility of using endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for the treatment of intramucosal poorly differentiated EGC.