Open AccessEnlarged folds on endoscopic gastritis as a predictor for submucosal invasion of gastric cancers
Author(s) -
Osamu Toyoshima,
Shuntaro Yoshida,
Toshihiro Nishizawa,
Akira Toyoshima,
Kosuke Sakitani,
Tatsuya Matsuno,
Toshimoto Yamada,
Takashi Matsuo,
Hayato Nakagawa,
Kazuhiko Koike
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v13.i9.426
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic submucosal dissection , gastritis , cancer , gastroenterology , stomach , pathology , radiology
Accurate diagnosis of the depth of gastric cancer invasion is crucial in clinical practice. The diagnosis of gastric cancer depth is often made using endoscopic characteristics of the tumor and its margins; however, evaluating invasion depth based on endoscopic background gastritis remains unclear.